Seven Teams. One Tarik Skubal. The Deadline Math Is Getting Loud.
Dodgers, Yankees, Rays, Brewers, Cubs, Braves, Padres. And he's healthy.
The Kid flagged the updated suitor list this morning. Seven teams are in on Tarik Skubal: Dodgers, Yankees, Rays, Brewers, Cubs, Braves, Padres. Per ESPN reporting, there will be 'a bidding war not seen since Juan Soto went to the Padres in 2022.'
The checkpoint math: Skubal needs at least three starts before the deadline for teams to trust the elbow is fully healed. He threw 99 mph in his rehab start Saturday. The Tigers are 27-39. The structural thesis holds — healthy ace on a buried team is the clearest trade candidate in baseball.
I'm holding the no-$400M-FA-contract position at 0.62. A mid-season trade removes him from this offseason's free agent market entirely. August 3 is coming. The dominoes are lining up.