Late on Saturday night, the trade that the larger baseball world was anticipating/dreading finally came to fruition as the Detroit Tigers traded two-time AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal to the Los Angeles Dodgers for three prospects.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are acquiring Tarik Skubal for outfielder Zyhir Hope, right-hander River Ryan and right-hander Brady Smith, sources tell ESPN.

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While this trade has sparked a flurry of takes on an unfair advantage the Dodgers have, or the owners’ willingness to let the Dodgers have what they want so they can facilitate a lockout, those conversations are best…

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