Grading MLB's Biggest Trade Deadline Deals, Including Skubal To Dodgers
We're grading the deals ahead of Monday's MLB trade deadline, including the Tarik Skubal blockbuster.
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⚾️ Dodgers Get Richer With Tarik Skubal
Dodgers Do It Again: 4 Takeaways From The Blockbuster Tarik Skubal Trade
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Tarik Skubal is a Dodger?! Grading the deadline's biggest blockbuster
Baseball's two-time defending champion adds a two-time Cy Young winner. L.A. gets an A -- but what about the Tigers?
Sources: Dodgers win Skubal race, add Tigers ace
The first-place Los Angeles Dodgers finalized a trade to acquire two-time American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal, 29, from the Tigers, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan on Saturday, sending Zyhir Hope, River Ryan and Brady Smith to Detroit.
Skubal fights tears in emotional farewell to Tigers
An emotional Tarik Skubal recounted his nine seasons with the Tigers on Saturday night and said it was something he'd "never take for granted" after it was reported that he was being traded to the Dodgers.
Sources: Sparks deal All-Star G Plum to Mercury
The Sparks are trading five-time All-Star Kelsey Plum to the Mercury for Monique Akoa Makani, a 2027 first-round pick and a 2028 second-rounder, sources told ESPN.
White Sox land Castillo in trade with Mariners
The White Sox are acquiring right-handed pitcher Luis Castillo from the Mariners for Seranthony Dominguez, Nolan Jones and prospect Boston Smith.
49ers' Pearsall to have season-ending surgery
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Lynx coach advocates for trans rights before rally
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Longhorns land No. 3 RB prospect Williams-Callis
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FIFA reverses course on World Cup private investment plan
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DOJ to dismiss Reflecting Pool vandalism charges, citing "botched installation"
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Trump blasts Pirro's decision to drop charges in Reflecting Pool case
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10 climbers, including famed mountaineer, dead in Pakistan avalanche
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Trump will push for "anti-weaponization fund" if Blanche not confirmed, he says
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UEFA says it has lost confidence in FIFA leadership after investment plan
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A brief timeline of Iranian cyberattacks on the U.S.
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