Today’s mailbag marks the last one before the trade deadline, and covers the likelihood of Tarik Skubal and Brent Rooker trades, what the Orioles, Padres, Tigers, and other teams might do, and much more. For further discussion of many of these topics, check out the MLBTR podcast as well.
Paul asks:
How aggressive do you see Detroit being in moving Tarik Skubal? As an O’s fan I am wondering if a package centered around Basallo and some lesser guys like Norby and Stowers could get it done.
I do not expect the Tigers to trade Skubal. They’ve got the AL Cy Young favorite under control through 2026 at well below-market arbitration prices. In a couple of months, president of baseball operations Scott Harris will reach his two-year anniversary with the team. Trading Skubal right now seems like a bit of a surrender for 2025-26, at a point in his tenure where it seems like Harris should increasingly be pushing chips in.
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