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The Tigers are increasingly expected to move Tarik Skubal, and the Dodgers are among the teams expected to be in the trade mix, per Ken Rosenthal at the New York Post. Rosenthal reports that Skubal is believed to be a “goner” from Detroit, a pretty striking characterization that suggests the Tigers’ front office has moved past the “if” stage and into the “when and where” stage of trade discussions. This is a big one.

Skubal is one of the best pitchers in baseball, full stop. The left-hander won the American League Cy Young Award in 2024 after posting a 2.39 ERA, 228 strikeouts, and a league-leading 18 wins across 192 innings for Detroit. He pairs elite stuff — a mid-90s fastball with a devastating slider and a changeup that keeps hitters completely off balance — with the kind of command and pitch sequencing that separates good arms from dominant ones. He’s been everything for the Tigers’ rotation, and letting him go would represent a seismic shift in Detroit’s direction. Skubal is under team control through 2026, which makes him one of the most valuable trade chips on the market but also means the acquiring team would be getting a potential rental unless an extension is worked out. For any team in win-now mode, that calculus still makes sense given the level of pitcher we’re talking about.

From a Dodgers perspective, the interest makes complete sense — and I’d argue it’s almost mandatory given the current state of our rotation. Tyler Glasnow‘s back recovery has stalled, as we’ve covered. Brusdar Graterol just had back surgery with his return this season in real jeopardy. The club has been building up arms like Joe Ryan and giving extended looks to younger options, but adding a frontline starter like Skubal would be a completely different level of reinforcement. This isn’t a depth move — this would be adding a legitimate ace to a roster that’s already rolling offensively.

The cost is going to be enormous. Detroit will demand top-tier prospect capital, and the Dodgers’ farm system, while deep in certain areas, has been thinned out by recent trades. Andrew Friedman has never been shy about paying the price when the right player becomes available, and Skubal fits the profile of exactly the kind of arm this front office covets: young, left-handed, elite strikeout stuff, and a track record of durability (at least until the Tommy John surgery he recovered from before his Cy Young season). The question is whether L.A. can outbid what figures to be a very competitive market. Teams like the Yankees, Mets, and Orioles will almost certainly be involved.

I’ll say this plainly: if the Dodgers can get Tarik Skubal, they should do it. A rotation anchored by Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Roki Sasaki, and Skubal — with Glasnow potentially returning at some point — would be as good as any pitching staff assembled in modern baseball. We’re still in the early stages here, and a lot can change between now and the trade deadline, but the fact that Skubal is being described as a “goner” and the Dodgers are already being connected to him is significant. This is the kind of story that’s going to dominate the next several weeks. Stay locked in.

Source(s): Ken Rosenthal (New York Post) | First reported: June 1, 2026 6:17 PM UTC

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