Right this moment’s mailbag marks the final one earlier than the commerce deadline, and covers the probability of Tarik Skubal and Brent Rooker trades, what the Orioles, Padres, Tigers, and different groups would possibly do, and way more. For additional dialogue of many of those subjects, try the MLBTR podcast as nicely.
Paul asks:
How aggressive do you see Detroit being in transferring Tarik Skubal? As an O’s fan I’m questioning if a package deal centered round Basallo and a few lesser guys like Norby and Stowers might get it achieved.
I don’t anticipate the Tigers to commerce Skubal. They have the AL Cy Younger favourite beneath management via 2026 at nicely below-market arbitration costs. In a few months, president of baseball operations Scott Harris will attain his two-year anniversary with the staff. Buying and selling Skubal proper now looks as if a little bit of a give up for 2025-26, at a degree in his tenure the place it looks as if Harris ought to more and more be pushing chips in.
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