Anthony Franco

• Good afternoon, hope all is well!
• Looking forward to another of these, let’s get going

Drew

• If you’re Andrew Friedman, which of the Dodgers outfield prospects are untouchable and which are in the mix in Skubal trade

Sandy at 90

• I know it is early but assuming that Skubal comes back from surgery and the Tigers fall out of the race, opinion on this deal to Dodgers. Skubal to LA for Zyhir Hope, River Ryan and Kellon Lynsey. Who says no?

Scott Harris

• Should I worry about my job or Hinch’s? With the season slipping away, what is the max value Tarik Skubal would bring in a trade, once he’s pitched effectively in a regular-season game?  With Valdez, Mize, Montero, Anderson and some other starters soon to return, pitching isn’t the issue – hitting is.  Would a Skubal trade for a controllable OF/3B/1B bat be feasible? Perhaps a three-way for Devers if the Giants turn sellers? That might at lease let us improve offensively to compensate for Skubal’s loss. Speaking of offense, Tork has produced very little; Keith has a nice BA but 0HR/6RBI isn’t a 1B profile, either.  Should Tork head to Toledo and Anderson get a shot?  Keith to 1B until a trade brings another bat?

Anthony Franco

• Understandably a handful of Skubal questions. Tigers are going to take this to the wire but obviously the odds of a midseason trade keep going up the more they lose. Four-game sweep at the hands of the biggest threat in the division is brutal
• Don’t think any of the Dodgers’ prospects should be untouchable for Skubal. Assuming he comes back before the deadline, he’s the player who’d most single-handedly improve their World Series odds
• De Paula’s the one I’d most want to avoid trading, but if the Tigers were insistent on him as the headliner, I’d have a tough time walking away
• Hope + Ryan feels like a reasonable starting point. If Tigers do trade Skubal, it’d be more multiple young players. They’re not going to have any interest in Devers

John B

• When Webb comes off the IL does Mahle get waived? I know it’s a chunk of money but he’s been awful and McDonald has been their best starter so far.

Anthony Franco

• Can’t send McDonald down, I agree. Guessing it’s Houser to the bullpen given the amount of money they invested in him and Mahle but those guys have both had brutal starts
• Houser’s results have been a little better lately but still about an equal number of walks and strikeouts. It’s rough
• I was fully out on Mahle but thought Houser would be better than this, even if I would not have gone to 2/22

Chad Tracy

• With all due respect to Trevor Story, is his injury an opportunity for the Red Sox to make an improvement to the infield on both sides of the ball?
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