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Moments before the Dodgers' 6:10 p.m. News -- that the Dodgers were acquiring Skubal for a three-prospect package consisting of outfielder Zhyir Hope, and...
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- Moments before the Dodgers' 6:10 p.m.
- News -- that the Dodgers were acquiring Skubal for a three-prospect package consisting of outfielder Zhyir Hope, and starting pitchers River Ryan and Brady Smith -- broke later that night.
- Rival scouts, executives and players privately panned the Tigers' return, wondering why it didn't take more to land Skubal, and why teams like the Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays didn't step up to prevent him from going to the Dodgers.
- So it's a credit to a lot of people in this organization." Roberts spoke with Skubal over the phone late Saturday night, and Skubal joined his new Dodgers teammates in the dugout for Sunday's series finale against the Boston Red Sox.
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Moments before the Dodgers' 6:10 p.m. News -- that the Dodgers were acquiring Skubal for a three-prospect package consisting of outfielder Zhyir Hope, and starting pitchers River Ryan and Brady Smith -- broke later that night. Rival scouts, executives and players privately panned the Tigers' return, wondering why it didn't take more to land Skubal, and why teams like the Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays didn't step up to prevent him from going to the Dodgers. So it's a credit to a lot of people in this organization." Roberts spoke with Skubal over the phone late Saturday night, and Skubal joined his new Dodgers teammates in the dugout for Sunday's series finale against the Boston Red Sox. Skubal, Friedman said, was the one player the Dodgers were chasing at this year's deadline. We have to have the players to go pull something like this off, and we've still got, you know, arguably the top one or two or three farm systems in baseball." Dodgers manager Dave Roberts Said Friedman: "We had a lot of guys that they liked." The Dodgers were ultimately able to land Skubal while maintaining a plethora of talented outfield prospects (DePaula, Mike Sirota and Eduardo Quintero most...