{"id":840993,"date":"2026-08-03T02:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T02:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/840993\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T02:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T02:42:13","slug":"skubal-to-dodgers-garcia-to-yankees-as-mlb-teams-make-additions-before-trade-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/840993\/","title":{"rendered":"Skubal to Dodgers, Garc\u00eda to Yankees as MLB teams make additions before trade deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Dodgers \u2014 who else? \u2014 are the big winners so far at the Major League Baseball trade deadline after adding two-time Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal<\/a> to a loaded roster as they chase a third straight World Series title.<\/p>\n

Over in the American League, Tampa Bay beefed up its rotation<\/a> by adding right-hander Freddy Peralta while the New York Yankees acquired young slugger Luis Garc\u00eda Jr.<\/a> to give their Aaron Judge-less lineup a little more pop.<\/p>\n

The trade deadline is Monday at 6 p.m. EDT and some of the biggest pitching prizes are already off the board. But other enticing options still remain<\/a>, including San Diego Padres closer Mason Miller, San Francisco Giants second baseman Luis Arraez and Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Daulton Varsho.<\/p>\n

Also on Sunday, the Chicago Cubs added Kevin Gausman to their rotation<\/a> in a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays, a person familiar with the deal confirmed to the AP. <\/p>\n

In other recent deals, the surprising Chicago White Sox picked up right-hander Luis Castillo<\/a> from the Seattle Mariners, and the Atlanta Braves acquired outfielder Lane Thomas<\/a> from the Kansas City Royals.<\/p>\n

Dodgers land Skubal<\/p>\n

Skubal is the latest star to join the high-priced roster for the Dodgers that already has big-name players like Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Mookie Betts. <\/p>\n

If everyone is healthy, he could be part of a rotation with Ohtani, reigning World Series MVP Yamamoto, fellow two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow. The Dodgers led the majors with a 3.36 ERA from their starting pitchers going into Sunday\u2019s games and now add Skubal to the mix.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited to be a Dodger,\u201d an emotional Skubal said on Saturday night. \u201cI\u2019m excited to get down there and meet all those guys and chase three championships in a row. That\u2019s hard to do, so I\u2019m so excited to a part of that. But it\u2019s a lot of different emotions. Definitely kind of a roller coaster a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Tigers received three minor league prospects in right-handers River Ryan and Brady Smith and outfielder Zyhir Hope.<\/p>\n

Skubal is 7-5 this season with a 2.79 ERA and 116 strikeouts in 96 2\/3 innings. He is 61-42 with a 3.04 ERA over seven seasons, all in Detroit. In two postseasons, Skubal is 2-1 with a 2.04 ERA in six starts. <\/p>\n

Mets unload Peralta to Rays<\/p>\n

The last-place New York Mets traded Peralta to the Rays for three minor leaguers, outfielder Aidan Smith, infielder \u00c9milien Pitre and right-hander Gary Gill Hill.<\/p>\n

Peralta, a two-time All-Star who can become a free agent following the World Series, has been a disappointment with the Mets after they acquired him from Milwaukee in a January trade. <\/p>\n

But he could boost the middle of a strong rotation for the pitching-rich Rays, who began the day with the best record in the American League at 65-45 and a 3 1\/2-game lead in the AL East over the New York Yankees.<\/p>\n

Garcia \u2018both sad and happy\u2019 about trade to Yankees<\/p>\n

Garc\u00eda has spent his entire seven-year career with the Nationals but acknowledged he would be excited to move to the Yankees. <\/p>\n

\u201cI mean it\u2019s a mix of both sad and happy,\u201d Garc\u00eda said. \u201cThere\u2019s a new chapter in my career, so yeah, 50-50 right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

He has a career-high 23 homers and 76 RBIs this season and could help a lineup that\u2019s been without Judge for more than two months<\/a> after he suffered a stress fracture in his right ribs.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been a hitter who has really come of age this year,\u201d Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. \u201cOne of the best left-vs-right hitters in the National League. We think he fits our ballpark very well and should hopefully give a little jolt to our offense which has obviously scuffled a little over an extended period.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Nationals received four right-handed pitchers for Garcia \u2014 Jake Bird, Yovanny Cruz, Jack Cebert and Ben Grable.<\/p>\n

Bird, 30, has a 5.93 ERA in 30 games with the Yankees this season, all in relief. Cruz, 26, has a 1.69 ERA in four games. Cebert and Grable have spent the full season in the minors.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP Baseball Writer Mike Fitzpatrick in New York and AP Sports Writer Josh Dubow in West Sacramento, California, and Charles Odum in Atlanta contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Dodgers \u2014 who else? \u2014 are the big winners so far at the Major League…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":840994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[6776,6097,413361,4996,64,63,4034,413362,5781,485,5256,21600,8103,2755,10220,413360,413359,33138,5261,16066,25106,1187,56552,102025,29666,10682,12447,8440,591,6784,6590,6778,1025,1026,1830,2704,1189,5157,5162,5149,85,1190,6100,5161,5784,47542],"class_list":["post-840993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-aaron-boone","tag-aaron-judge","tag-aidan-smith","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-baseball","tag-ben-grable","tag-blake-snell","tag-california","tag-chicago-white-sox","tag-daulton-varsho","tag-fl-state-wire","tag-florida","tag-freddy-peralta","tag-gary-gill-hill","tag-jack-cebert","tag-jake-bird","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-kevin-gausman","tag-lane-thomas","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-luis-arraez","tag-luis-castillo","tag-luis-garcia","tag-mason-miller","tag-mi-state-wire","tag-michigan","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-baseball","tag-mookie-betts","tag-new-jersey","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-mets","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-seattle-mariners","tag-shohei-ohtani","tag-sports","tag-tampa-bay-rays","tag-tarik-skubal","tag-toronto-blue-jays","tag-tyler-glasnow","tag-yoshinobu-yamamoto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}