Letters To Sports: The Dollars And Sense Of The Dodgers Acquiring Tarik Skubal

The epic whining heard crossed MLB complete the Tarik Skubal acquisition is grounds Andrew Friedman and Dodgers guidance are a masterclass successful demonstrating imaginative activity to cultivate a winning ballclub. If you uncertainty this, cheque Steve Cohen’s Mets: monster payroll, little than .500 record.

Any talk of changing nan rules, net headdress aliases otherwise, to put reins connected this benignant of occurrence would propagate underperformance and penalize this fascinating civilization of changeless improvement. No one’s breaking rules. Any squad could beryllium doing what nan Dodgers are doing if they had nan wherewithal.

Valerie Martinez-Bencomo
Claremont

Unlike nan Saturday evening shocker that occurred erstwhile nan Lakers acquired Luka Doncic, it was nary Saturday nighttime astonishment to study nan Dodgers traded for Tarik Skubal.

What was a astonishment was nan comparatively insignificant magnitude nan Dodgers had to springiness up to get nan reigning two-time AL Cy Young Award winner. It is highly doubtful that Zyhir Hope will move into nan adjacent Yordan Álvarez, aliases that River Ryan aliases Brady Smith will create into nan adjacent Pedro Martinez.

Irrespective of whether Skubal signs a statement extension, arsenic agelong arsenic he does not kick of a ‘dead arm’ aliases prolong different injury, this appears to beryllium an fantabulous woody for nan Dodgers.

Ken Feldman
Tarzana

The Dodgers’ acquisition of Tarik Skubal is conscionable different illustration of nan team’s willingness to origin a lockout and rustle up nan 2027 season.

I understand why. Destroying nan 2027 shot play will springiness nan team’s starting rotation a afloat twelvemonth to retrieve from its galore injuries.

Ed Kaz
Oak Park

The excitement complete nan Dodgers getting Tarik Skubal should beryllium tempered by a mates of factors.

Skubal could attraction little astir a Dodgers three-peat. Sure, he wants to show he hasn’t mislaid thing because of injury. He will person respective starts during nan remainder of nan play to do that.

His main privilege will past beryllium to debar immoderate wounded that mightiness discuss his worth successful nan marketplace. (Remember Max Scherzer?)

Some of nan different top-notch Dodgers starters mightiness besides beryllium unhappy if denied a chance to commencement a postseason game.

Richard Balsam
Mar Vista