MLB trade deadline winners and losers: What we loved -- and don't understand
The biggest trade of this year's deadline came Saturday night, when the Detroit Tigers dealt star ace Tarik Skubal to the reigning champion Los Angeles...
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- The biggest trade of this year's deadline came Saturday night, when the Detroit Tigers dealt star ace Tarik Skubal to the reigning champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
- The big winner: Los Angeles Dodgers The general reaction around the sport after the Dodgers acquired Skubal for Zyhir Hope, River Ryan and Brady Smith: That's all it took?
- Hope and Ryan are certainly good prospects, ranking fifth and the eighth in a talented Dodgers system before the trade, but Hope was the third-best outfielder on his team at Double-A Tulsa and Ryan has pitched so sparingly the past few years -- only 36 innings this season in Triple-A, as he hasn't pitched since June 17.
- Importantly, the trade also means the Dodgers won't have to face Skubal in the playoffs -- oh, and it gives them an inside track to re-signing him when he hits free agency after this season.
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The biggest trade of this year's deadline came Saturday night, when the Detroit Tigers dealt star ace Tarik Skubal to the reigning champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The big winner: Los Angeles Dodgers The general reaction around the sport after the Dodgers acquired Skubal for Zyhir Hope, River Ryan and Brady Smith: That's all it took? Hope and Ryan are certainly good prospects, ranking fifth and the eighth in a talented Dodgers system before the trade, but Hope was the third-best outfielder on his team at Double-A Tulsa and Ryan has pitched so sparingly the past few years -- only 36 innings this season in Triple-A, as he hasn't pitched since June 17. Importantly, the trade also means the Dodgers won't have to face Skubal in the playoffs -- oh, and it gives them an inside track to re-signing him when he hits free agency after this season. and loser: Baltimore Orioles In less than three years, the Orioles went from 101 wins and what many believed might be a potential American League dynasty to dumping at the trade deadline. If any team would have been able to outbid the Dodgers for Skubal, it would have been the Brewers, who could have kept top prospect Jesus Made and still had plenty...