MLB.com is keeping track of the latest news and rumors surrounding Tarik Skubal.

July 19: Dodgers, O's eyeing Skubal; what would it take to land him?
With the Tigers potentially open to dealing Skubal for the right offer at this year's Trade Deadline, a pair of World Series contenders are reportedly eyeing the left-hander as the answer to their starting pitching woes.

As Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci reported recently, sources from both the Dodgers and Orioles confirmed that they are interested in putting together significant prospect packages for Skubal.

Another source familiar with Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris’ thinking told Verducci that it is doubtful the Tigers will move the 27-year-old southpaw, because Harris believes a Skubal-led pitching staff is key to the team’s rebuild. But the source also added, “Everything has a price.”

That price could be hefty. MLB Network insider Joel Sherman said Friday that he thinks the Orioles could put together an enticing package for Skubal thanks to their glut of promising position players who are close to big league-ready.

"Are you ready to trade Jackson Holliday? Probably not," Sherman said. "Are you trading Coby Mayo? Maybe. Samuel Basallo? Maybe."

Sherman, who remarked that the chances of a Skubal trade are "low but not impossible," said Baltimore's package for the left-handed starter would have to be between what it gave up to acquire ace Corbin Burnes prior to this season and what the Padres gave up to acquire Juan Soto from the Nationals in 2022. Burnes came to Baltimore for infielder Joey Ortiz, left-handed pitcher DL Hall and a Draft pick.

However, Burnes is entering his final season before free agency. Skubal, like Soto when he was moved in 2022, is under team control for the rest of this year as well as the two following seasons. The Soto blockbuster saw him and Josh Bell head to the Padres while the Nationals received CJ Abrams, James Wood, MacKenzie Gore, Robert Hassell III, Jarlin Susana and Luke Voit.

"I think you've got to get somewhere between Burnes and Soto, and I think the only team that can really do it is the Orioles because they have positional guys who play now for long periods of control."

Earlier this week, MLB Network insider Jon Paul Morosi said on social media that a Skubal trade "makes sense only if the Tigers obtain multiple players seen as future All-Stars. ... If the Dodgers or Orioles are serious about Skubal, their proposals need to be in that range. The Orioles are more capable than the Dodgers of putting together an overwhelming offer because Baltimore has a surplus of the MLB-ready bats that the Tigers need."

Although the Orioles have MLB's top-ranked farm system, per MLB Pipeline, the Dodgers have the talent necessary to pull off a big trade; their farm system is ranked eighth.

The two clubs have dealt with myriad injuries that have decimated their rotations this season. Tyler Glasnow, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Clayton Kershaw, Walker Buehler, Emmet Sheehan, Dustin May and Tony Gonsolin are all currently on the injured list for the Dodgers. The latter three will miss the rest of 2024. The Orioles, meanwhile, have lost Kyle Bradish, John Means and Tyler Wells for the year.

As a result, Los Angeles and Baltimore are expected to be among the most aggressive clubs when it comes to pursuing starting pitching prior to the July 30 Trade Deadline.