Should the Yankees trade for Tarik Skubal? | Baseball Night in NY
On Baseball Night in NY, Sal Licata, Anthony McCarron, Jim Duquette, and Maggie Gray discuss whether the Yankees should try to trade for Tigers ace Tarik Skubal.
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I think it's a very small chance.
First off, you know, there's a lot that has to happen.
I th- I don't think Detroit's gonna come back and get into the mix, but it's a very mediocre American League.
It doesn't take much.
And so their first choice is to keep him, obviously, and try to make a run.
Secondly, though, you know, the cost of him, y- you, you're not gonna, by trading for him, enhance your chances of signing him.
There's not like a sign, oh, s- trade for him and then sign him, because Bores has him.
So you're only gonna rent him for, for two months, and you're gonna have to give up so much.
Now, the Yankees have the assets to do it, but, you know, there's some other, there's some other teams that I think are gonna be willing to go more than that.
So I, and, and the Yankees starting pitching right now, like if they don't have any more injuries, they're t- number two, I think, in the sport in ERA.
So I think there's a, you know, a need that, that is lacking in that area, too
