It stings, and Scott Harris knows it — our president of baseball operations stood up and blamed himself for putting us in a spot where we had to trade Tarik Skubal at all. This is our back-to-back American League Cy Young winner we're talking about, a man who went 31-10 with a 2.30 ERA and 469 strikeouts from 2024 to 2025 and led every big-league pitcher with 12.6 FanGraphs wins above replacement. The Tigers approached him about an extension, and Skubal made clear he wanted free agency, and with Scott Boras in his corner and free agency three months away, the calls came in — the Rays and Brewers deep in it — and the Dodgers won the day. Harris lauded the haul: outfielder Zyhir Hope for his power and speed, River Ryan penciled in as a September call-up and potential front-of-the-rotation arm, and Brady Smith, a projectable starter with an elite changeup. Do we love saying goodbye to a two-time Cy Young? No. But Harris is betting the return is worth it.
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