Skubal's Trade to Dodgers: A Game-Changer for MLB in 2027?

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Aug 4, 2026
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Scooble gets traded to the Dodgers. I don't really care about the return because the return,
there's three prospects, maybe they turn in something, maybe they don't, okay? It was up
to the Tigers to determine whether or not they were going to get enough back. They thought they
got enough back, I'm not so sure. But what it does, it sets up a lineup for the Dodgers for
something we have never seen before. This is the first time in the history of baseball that reigning
back-to-back winners of both the Cy Young in the American League and the MVP of a national league
or any league are on the same team. We've never seen this type of firepower being concentrated
with one team. It's the first time since 2004 that the reigning MVP in Cy Young happens to be
on the same roster. The Dodgers now have 50 all-star game appearances on their roster. They
have six seasons for MVPs. They have four Cy Youngs and they have 19 silver slugger awards
on their roster. This is the greatest on-paper baseball team that we have ever seen. And you
might go, Matt, how in the world did the Dodgers do this? How are they able to create a roster
with this much firepower? These guys all are top of the line. They all want to make
big money. They all want to get paid big time. Well, how did they do it? Deferred money.
The Dodgers are deferring $1.1 billion. $1.1 billion. They're paying Shohei until 2043.
They're paying Mookie Betts until 2044. They're paying Blake Snell until 2046. I mean,
Scooble is going to sign a monster contract and we'll see what Scooble gets paid for until.
