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Dodgers Acquire Two-Time Cy Young Winner Tarik Skubal

The addition boosts Los Angeles’s starting staff for a postseason push with Skubal available only through the end of 2026.

Dodgers adquieren a Tarik Skubal desde Tigers a cambio de tres prospectos y refuerzan su rotación junto a Blake Snell, Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto y Tyler Glasnow en busca del tricampeonato. (Foto: Especial GH)
Tarik Skubal subirá por primera vez al montículo por los Dodgers de Los Ángeles este martes 4 de agosto, cuando los campeones visiten a Chicago Cubs en el histórico Wrigley Field. (Foto: Especial GH)

Overview

  • The Dodgers completed the trade with the Detroit Tigers on Monday, sending top prospects Zyhir Hope, River Ryan and Brady Smith to Detroit for left-hander Tarik Skubal.
  • Skubal has a 7-5 record with a 2.79 ERA and 116 strikeouts in 2026 and returned quickly from a May procedure to remove a loose body from his left elbow.
  • MLB scheduled Skubal to make his Dodgers debut on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs with Javier Assad listed as the probable opposing starter.
  • Skubal is a free agent after the 2026 season so Los Angeles has effectively added a short-term, high-end starter to chase a third straight title rather than a long-term rotation piece.
  • The deal is one of several deadline moves that reshaped rotations around the league, including reports that Freddy Peralta was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays, and it marks the first midseason move of a reigning Cy Young winner since Justin Verlander in 2023.