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When the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> landed Tarik Skubal at the 2026 trade deadline, baseball’s usual chorus fired up on cue: the Dodgers are ruining the sport.<\/p>\n

The newest ace in Dodger blue, however, isn’t buying it.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the media Monday while the Dodgers were on the road, Skubal had a message for everyone: Don’t blame Los Angeles<\/a> for trying to win.<\/p>\n

DODGERS REPORTEDLY ACQUIRE ACE TARIK SKUBAL FROM TIGERS IN TRADE THAT STIRS UP MLB WORLD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Every team could trade for me,” Skubal said.<\/p>\n

“I don’t sympathize with people that blame the Dodgers for anything they’ve done. It’s a winning org… I really don’t sympathize with people that are complaining because the Dodgers do all the right things.”<\/p>\n

Fresh off back-to-back AL Cy Young Awards in 2024 and 2025, the elite left-hander arrives in Los Angeles with a 2.79 ERA and 116 strikeouts through 16 starts this season.<\/p>\n

After watching Sunday’s game from the Dodger Stadium dugout in his new threads, Skubal is slated to make his Dodgers debut Tuesday<\/a> at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs. He knows what winning looks like, and he sees nothing wrong with the Dodgers’ approach.<\/p>\n

Skubal’s comments get to the heart of one of baseball’s<\/a> most predictable debates. Every time the Dodgers land another star, the calls for a hard salary cap start all over again. But that’s treating a salary cap like a cure for problems it can’t actually solve.<\/p>\n

Cheering for a salary cap is an odd hill to die on.<\/p>\n

MLB’S SALARY CAP PROPOSAL WON’T FIX THE LEAGUE’S NON-EXISTENT COMPETITIVE BALANCE PROBLEMS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Outside of sports, consumers don’t root for companies to spend less or workers to earn less. Nobody begs Hollywood studios to cut blockbuster movie budgets so smaller productions have a better shot at the box office. Yet in baseball, fans routinely side with billionaire owners and argue for limits on player salaries in the name of “fairness.”<\/p>\n

It doesn’t hold up.<\/p>\n

A salary cap doesn’t magically turn struggling franchises into smart ones. It doesn’t help them draft better, develop talent, or build winning cultures. What it does is give tight-fisted ownership groups another excuse to cash revenue-sharing checks while avoiding the hard work of building a legitimate contender.<\/p>\n

As Skubal pointed out, the Dodgers didn’t exploit some secret loophole to land him.<\/p>\n

Every other team had the same opportunity. Los Angeles drafted well, developed valuable trade chips and made winning the priority. Baseball should not punish the Dodgers; the rest of the league should try to emulate them, frankly.<\/p>\n

Instead of begging MLB to handicap organizational excellence, rival fans<\/a> should demand more from their own front offices.<\/p>\n

Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com \/ Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/tarik-skubal-dismisses-outrage-joining-los-angeles-dodgers-blunt-message-fans <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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