How Dodgers’ aggressive pursuit of Tarik Skubal led to deadline stunner: ‘Skubal or nothing’

Source: New York Post

Where there’s smoke, they say, there’s usually fire. And on Saturday, as signs first publicly emerged that the Dodgers were making a move in the Tarik Skubal sweepstakes, the team’s behind-the-scenes talks with the Tigers were indeed reaching a fever pitch. A day earlier, the organizations had begun discussing a trade for Skubal — the American League’s reigning two-time Cy Young Award winner and this year’s top deadline target — in earnest for the first time.