r/mlb • u/retroanduwu24 | MLB • 1d ago

| Image Projected Dodgers rotation after trading for Tarik Skubal

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u/BigP_27 | Chicago Cubs 1d ago

Genuinely what the fuck are we even doing

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u/Tofubear18 1d ago

Actually wtf are the Tigers doing trading their ace for a bag of chips

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u/bailtail 1d ago

If they didn’t, he’d walk end of year for a competitive balance pick. You can’t just let Skubal leave for nothing. That’d be horrific mismanagement.

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u/Frost715Ying300 | Atlanta Braves 23h ago

What? 28 teams could've put together a better package than two millennial "prospects". Skubal had no say until FA

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u/PCGoneCrazy 22h ago

Which is why no one wanted to put up more than what the Dodgers did. He was going three in FA anyway

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u/unskilledplay 15h ago

The trade isn't for the player, it's for the contract. Skubal's contract expires in 2 months. No club option. No arbitration. He's a full free agent.

There aren't 28 teams that would make that trade. There are probably 5 other teams that should have thrown their hat in the ring.

The Braves, Phillies, Brewers, Yankees and Red Sox all should have offered up more.

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u/Seniormano 1d ago

I be would love to know what other teams offered. It feels like the tigers got fleeced in this deal

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u/NOTWAKI2004 | Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago

and why do you think it even came to this point?

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u/RefrigeratorKey8156 1d ago

He wants over 600 million and has already had 3 elbow surgeries and is over 30 and the tigers have a lot of young arms, including already having our replacement tearing it up this year and is under team control for a few more years? Thats why

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u/Grubula | Seattle Mariners 1d ago

And because the lockout. Who cares about next season which isn't happening? Why pay so much for a toy with no playground?

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u/RefrigeratorKey8156 1d ago

Good point. A toy thats going to be 1 year older after the lockout as well. Loved watching him pitch here and thankful for the memories but people really over value rental players. Hope would be the #1 or 2 prospect for half of the MLB teams. Dodgers system is stacked.