'This isn't what I planned': Tarik Skubal emotional after being traded to the Dodgers

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/skubal-tarik/zuS2jB1J/"]Skubal[/a], 29, struggled to keep his emotions in check when he spoke to reporters after the Tigers' game against the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/athletics/xIYDcQid/"]Athletics[/a] in Sacramento on Saturday night.[/p][p][b]"Going into the season, this isn't what I planned on doing,"[/b] Skubal said. [b]"But circumstances change, situations change. I'm very appreciative of everything that the Tigers have done for me.[/b][/p][p][b]"Drafting me in 2018, giving a kid a chance out of a small school and giving me every resource to use. Everything has always been at my disposal. They've always had answers and a plan for me, so yeah - I feel like I've experienced a lot and gone through a lot of failure early in my career, and this club never stopped believing in me. They kept throwing me back out there every fifth day when I probably didn't deserve it. That's something I'll never take for granted."[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/detroit-tigers-trade-tarik-skubal/QeivuwwQ/"]Full details on the trade here.[/a][/b][/p][embed guid="f59c4efa-a0f0-4b6b-8320-e8993e90d061" url="https://x.com/DarrenMHaynes/status/2083813345564778629?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Speculation that the flagging Tigers would trade Skubal had circulated for weeks, and the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/los-angeles-dodgers/nwPDBpVc/"]Dodgers[/a] pounced on the opportunity to bolster their bid for a third straight World Series title.[/p][p]Skubal will headline an already outstanding pitching rotation that features [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yamamoto-yoshinobu/GUKDW5Vu/"]Yoshinobu Yamamoto[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ohtani-shohei/QoeWGRko/"]Shohei Ohtani[/a] along with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/snell-blake/voXTtX9q/"]Blake Snell[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/glasnow-tyler/dbgKU0BU/"]Tyler Glasnow[/a].[/p][p]His arrival comes as two-way star Ohtani copes with a nagging knee injury that has kept him off the mound since July 3rd.[/p][p][b]"I'm excited to be a Dodger,"[/b] Skubal said. [b]"I'm excited to get down there and meet all those guys and chase three championships in a row. It's hard to do, so I'm excited to be a part of that.[/b][/p][embed guid="64aae760-0948-4ec4-8863-33a66b6de6c3" url="https://x.com/Dodgers/status/2083948287841951861?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Skubal is the first reigning Cy Young Award winner to be traded in-season since [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/verlander-justin/UHlbEjWC/"]Justin Verlander[/a] in 2023.[/p][p]In 16 starts this season, he has a 2.79 earned-run-average with 116 strikeouts and 14 walks.[/p][infobox id="3e982646-21d3-4baf-ac34-10f731dff476" /]