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8/4/2026 |  The Dodgers aren't the biggest villains in the Tarik Skubal trade -- the cowardly teams who let it happen are (CBS Sports) The two-time defending champion Dodgers traded for arguably the best pitcher in baseball, Tarik Skubal, Saturday night. As expected, people absolutely lost their minds all over the internet. We all saw plenty of it. The cries for a salary cap. People ignorantly claiming there wouldn't be baseball next season (yeah, you think I'm wrong? Save this. You can apologize to me on Opening Day). 

8/4/2026 |  7 MLB Teams That Completely Lost the Trade Deadline (DEADSPIN) There's an old saying in Major League Baseball: Sometimes, the best deals are the ones you don't make. That has to be the rationalization made by the Cincinnati Reds this year at the Major League Baseball trading deadline.

8/4/2026 |  Tigers president Scott Harris defends return in Skubal trade (ESPN) Detroit Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris blamed himself for putting the team in a position to trade generational ace Tarik Skubal but lauded the prospects he received from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange.

8/4/2026 |  Bookie says Ippei Mizuhara's gambling addiction was clear early on (ESPN) The bookie for Ippei Mizuhara, who admitted to stealing millions from Shohei Ohtani, said in an interview with ESPN that the former interpreter for the Los Angeles Dodgers star showed signs of problem gambling within 30 days of betting with him.

8/4/2026 |  MLB trade deadline 2026: Biggest winners and losers (ESPN) This year's MLB trade deadline is over, and, as is usually the case, the final hours before the 6 p.m. ET cutoff went down with a flurry of activity.
The biggest trade of this year's deadline came Saturday night, when the Detroit Tigers dealt star ace Tarik Skubal to the reigning champion Los Angeles Dodgers. Things heated up after that, with a few more big deals Sunday -- Freddy Peralta to the Tampa Bay Rays and Kevin Gausman to the Chicago Cubs, to name a few -- before Monday rolled around with all the action, including multiple intra-division swaps and a blockbuster trade. That was the Baltimore Orioles sending catcher Adley Rutschman to the Boston Red Sox for a haul of Boston's top prospects in one of the more surprising deals of this deadline. Other big movers Monday included Luis Arraez, Clay Holmes, Luke Weaver and more.