The Dodgers obtained Tigers ace Tarik Skubal before the trade deadline trying to enhance their chances of three-peating as World Series champions. (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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Major League Baseball and its players’ union are headed for a lockout. And the Tigers trading two-time American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal to the Dodgers just a few day before the trade deadline does nothing to change that stark fact.
The question is how long the lockout will last into the 2027 season before one side or the other blinks.
The main issue is a salary cap and floor proposed by the owners. It’s a non-starter for the players. It’s the North Star for the owners. As I wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times during the All-Star break, the sides are locked into those positions. Nothing has changed in the weeks since then.
