With the Major League Baseball season nearing its end, several teams are already looking at ways to improve for 2026. One player who is getting all kinds of trade buzz and speculation is Detroit Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal . There are now three more teams hoping to land Skubal, according to an MLB.com report.

Those teams are the Los Angeles Dodgers , Philadelphia Phillies and San Diego Padres . All three made the MLB postseason in 2025, with the Dodgers playing in the World Series for the second consecutive year.

There's a common denominator with all of these teams, for why they would want Skubal's services.

“Three other contending teams – the Dodgers, Phillies and Padres – should never be counted out of situations like this one, as their front offices have a history of making

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