{"id":578994,"date":"2026-02-18T09:21:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/578994\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:21:21","slug":"los-angeles-dodgers-trade-pitch-grabs-tarik-skubal-for-four-players-including-pitcher-who-pitched-in-six-playoff-games-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/578994\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Dodgers trade pitch grabs Tarik Skubal for four players, including pitcher who pitched in six playoff games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers\/news\/dodgers-trade-pitch-grabs-tarik-skubal-four-players-pitcher\/ade9fc1e42d011f08f98dd9c?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Dodgers trade pitch grabs Tarik Skubal for four players, including pitcher who pitched in six playoff games;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Dodgers trade pitch grabs Tarik Skubal for four players, including pitcher who pitched in six playoff games<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Back-to-back World Series rings haven\u2019t stopped the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Dodgers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> from being aggressive in roster-building, and as we all know, it\u2019ll continue. As crazy as it might sound to some, the Dodgers will have another player or two on their roster come October of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>In a trade proposal from Ryan Shea of Sports Illustrated, Los Angeles would break baseball by landing ace left-hander Tarik Skubal from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/detroit-tigers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Detroit Tigers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Detroit Tigers<\/a>. The deal would give up a lot, but Skubal is the type of arm that would make this an easy trade to make.<\/p>\n<p>Dodgers receive: Skubal<\/p>\n<p>Tigers receive: Zyhir Hope, Jackson Ferris, Emmet Sheehan, James Tibbs III<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Dodgers would make a trade for Tarik Skubal because their window to win now is wide open, coming off back-to-back World Series victories and boasting one of the most talented rosters in baseball,\u201d Shea <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/fantasy\/mlb\/mlb-mock-trade-dodgers-land-two-time-cy-young-winner-tarik-skubal-from-tigers#:~:text=Why%20The%20Dodgers%20Make%20This%20Trade&amp;text=The%20Dodgers%20would%20make%20a,most%20talented%20rosters%20in%20baseball.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:wrote;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Adding Skubal would elevate a rotation that\u2019s already the best in baseball. He\u2019s also been healthy and that would add another dynamic to the Dodgers roster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdding an elite ace like Skubal would immediately strengthen a rotation already built to compete at the highest level, giving them a true frontline starter capable of dominating in both the regular season and playoffs,\u201d Shea added.<\/p>\n<p>For Detroit, the return would emphasize long-term upside with multiple high-ceiling arms and outfield talent to continue being a decent team.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>More Dodgers news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Dodgers trade pitch grabs Tarik Skubal for four players, including pitcher who pitched in six playoff&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2406],"tags":[5,53,39,7907,1165,4332,4333,774,57,3224,4331,4,75196,382,30999],"class_list":["post-578994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-baseball","tag-detroit-tigers","tag-dodgers","tag-emmet-sheehan","tag-la","tag-la-dodgers","tag-ladodgers","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-losangeles","tag-losangelesdodgers","tag-mlb","tag-ryan-shea","tag-tarik-skubal","tag-trade-proposal"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116090902090157267","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}