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Key Highlights

• Skubal’s at the end of his rope with his current team, the Detroit Tigers, so getting him might not be too hard. MORE: Proposed Red Sox trade sees Boston deal Jarren Duran for $13.25 million All-Star ace, save offseason after Alex Bregman blunder“The Baltimore Orioles are perhaps the most interesting team in the hypothetical Skubal sweepstakes.
• Traditionally, Baltimore would not come close to qualifying as a team that could pay Skubal as a free agent.
• But their willingness to shell out $150 million to Pete Alonso does signal a changing of the tides.
• The O’s are still a smaller market and thus at a huge disadvantage, but after trying to re-sign Corbin Barnes, and after being connected to top free agent arms like Framber Valdez and Ranger Suárez for months, it at least merits consideration.
• Baltimore lacks quality young pitching to send Detroit (reroute Shane Baz, perhaps?