Brewers must pivot after missing out on Skubal
Matt Vasgersian, Mark Gubicza and Vinny Rottino analyze the Dodgers' "gigantic" addition of Tarik Skubal to an already loaded rotation before exploring how the Brewers will react ahead of Monday's trade deadline.
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And here we are, just about 24 hours away from Major League Baseball's trade deadline, and the collective groan that you heard coming out of 29 Major League cities not named Los Angeles last night was reaction to this news, Tarik Skubal headed to the Dodgers, Gooby.
Yeah, I mean, you got the very best pitcher in baseball going to a team that's already loaded with some of the best pitchers in baseball and some of the best hitters.
Everyone around baseball right now, m- mindset focused, "How do we find a way to beat the Dodgers?"
His whiff percentage with his changeup, over 50%.
You're talking about some of the And a very, very competitive kid, too.
So that's a gigantic pickup for the Dodgers.
Yeah, I think the groaning was a little louder in some cities than others.
Milwaukee may have been one of them, Vinny, because the Brewers were rumored as being in pursuit of Skubal.
Didn't happen.
What next?
Yeah, I think they're gonna have They ha- I know that they have lines in the water to, to fortify that rotation.
Remember, they have four rookies in the rotation right now.
To cover all the innings and get to that finish line, it's gonna be important for the Brewers to get a guy.
They were hoping that it was Skubal, and you know that they had some guys in that clubhouse last night saying, "You know what?
There's only one thing left to do.
Take down that Goliath and win the whole thing," right?
Big mark the Angels were not rumored as being buyers in the Skubal sweepstakes, but this affects, perhaps, business here in Anaheim as well.
Absolutely, no question right now.
I can only imagine John Mozeliak's getting calls all over the place now.
When you have Jos Soriano and Reid Detmers, two of the best young pitchers, themselves controllable pitchers too, that makes them even more desirable for teams to be able to get one of those two guys, if not both, in the rotation.
Trade deadline tomorrow, 6:00 PM Eastern.
Who knows, maybe we'll be breaking something today.
We'll be watching for sure.
