Good morning. I wanted to take a moment to mention that the Iowa Cubs will play the St. Paul Saints at the Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa, on Tuesday at 6:35 CT. That game will be on MLB Network. Since Netflix has the major league FoD game between the Twins and the Phillies, that might be the only place for those of us that don’t have Netflix to see a game at that newly-remodeled field this year.Two major national writes have basically the same story, so I’ll start with the one that’s not behind The Athletic’s paywall. Jeff Passan has the inside story of how the Dodgers landed Tarik Skubal at the Trade Deadline and why other teams’ offers fell short. Sounds like the Tigers were simply uninterested in anything the Cubs had to offer and it’s true that they didn’t have the elite pitching prospects that other teams could offer.So if you prefer Ken Rosenthal, he tells a similar tale of how the Dodgers came out on top in the Skubal negotiations. (The Athletic sub. req.) Jay Jaffe looks at the success (or lack thereof) of teams that trade for a new starting catcher at the Deadline. In the history of baseball, only one catcher has ever joined a new team midseason and then started a game for an eventual World Series champion. (Christian Vázquez.) The Padres added outfielder Austin Hays as a free agent signing and he homered in his first Padres at-bat. AJ Cassavell reports.Bradford Doolittle has where all 30 teams stand after the Trade Deadline.Jake Mintz re-ranks all the upcoming free agents. Quite a few Cubs on that list, as you likely know.Skubal, for his part, said he’d “love” to re-sign with the Tigers this winter. Max Ralph reports. Mike Axisa has a “way-too-early” list of ten trade candidates this upcoming winter.The Athletics and longtime general manager David Forst agreed to “part ways.” Alden Gonzalez with the story.However, Melissa Lockhard, Ken Rosenthal and Charlotte Varnes have more details on Forst’s departure, which their sources say was definitely a “firing” and not a mutual decision. (The Athletic free reg. req.)Matt Snyder has five questions about the A’s future.Legendary (but not Hall-of-Fame) pitcher Tommy John posted a letter of thanks to the Yankees and their fans as the 83-year-old battles a recurrence of bladder cancer. The Diamondbacks have signed recently designated-for-assignment right-hander Zack Littell.Athletics shortstop Jacob Wilson set a new major league record with 111-straight errorless games at shortstop.Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski became the second-fastest player to strike out 200 batters in a season.Max Scherzer passed Walter Johnson passed Walter Johnson for tenth on the all-time strikeout list with 3516.For those of you who are unclear about who Walter Johnson was, here’s Jonathan Richman to tell you just what kind of a player he was.Was there any bitterness about being passed by Scherzer? Well, it was never detected. Matt Snyder believes the Red Sox are looking increasi
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