Overview
- The Dodgers will start Tarik Skubal in Chicago on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at 8:05 p.m. ET with the game airing nationally on TBS and locally on SportsNet LA and Marquee.
- Los Angeles acquired Skubal from the Detroit Tigers in a late‑July trade that sent prospects to Detroit and delivered an elite starter to the Dodgers’ staff.
- Skubal enters the start with a 7‑5 record and a 2.79 ERA for 2026 and has been sharper recently, allowing eight earned runs in 37 innings for a 1.95 ERA over his last six outings.
- He joins a deep Dodgers rotation that already features Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Emmett Sheehan, Roki Sasaki and Justin Wrobleski and the move increases Los Angeles’ midseason pitching firepower.
- Skubal is a two‑time AL Cy Young winner and is eligible for free agency after this season, a status that helped explain Detroit’s decision to accept prospects rather than keep him for a short term.