Braves heating up as potential suitor for Tarik Skubal as Dodgers and Yankees noise continues

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The usual suspects typically get brought up in any potential deal for Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal.

Skubal is undoubtedly one of the best starters in Major League Baseball, but that doesn't necessarily mean that he's just going to end up with the Los Angeles Dodgers or New York Yankees at the trade deadline.

Not that I'd be surprised if he ends up in either spot, as the Dodgers and Yankees have always shown that they're very willing to do whatever it takes to ensure they have a chance to win, but there are other teams out there that could use him, including the Atlanta Braves.

The Braves have been derailed by injuries for a lot of the past few years and have still dealt with some this season. However, they've been the best team in the National League by a somewhat wide margin, sitting at 46-25, 7.5 games ahead of the second-place Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East.

Given some of the injuries and the ages in the Braves' rotation, it's not crazy to say they could be interested, according to an MLB.com writer.

“The Braves fit into several of these buckets. They roster the second-oldest pitching staff (31.2 average weighted age). As electric as the 37-year-old Chris Sale is, he might not have another year like this. They also possess one of the oldest position-player groups. Paring Skubal with Sale would be a bit reminiscent of the Diamondbacks adding Schilling to Johnson at the 2001 Deadline. And while Atlanta enjoys an eight-game lead over the Phillies in the NL East, they hold just a three-game lead over the Dodgers and Brewers for a bye,” Travis Sawchik of MLB.com wrote.

The hope here would be having a 1-2-3 punch of Chris Sale, Spencer Strider, and Skubal. When healthy, that would be the best trio in Major League Baseball by a wide margin.

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