Trade Rumors ESCALATING... New Report REVEALS Wild Dodgers Trade | LA Dodgers News

Trade rumors are escalating. A new report reveals a wild Dodgers trade. We get into those details in this edition of Dodgers Digest. How's everybody doing out there? I'm Mike Nelson bringing you the everyday Dodger content. I want to thank everybody who is always tuned in here to talk the best team in baseball for sure. But let's get into this story. the Dodgers could be getting better yeah they're already the best team in baseball i mean yesterday they proved it coming back winning it in a one of the funnest games we've seen all season long last night against the d-backs a 10 inning thriller a comeback win it was a really fun game to watch and now the Dodgers could be uh getting another star i mean what's going on here Paul Skenes yeah Paul Skenes is maybe one of the best pitchers in baseball. Dodgers give an inside track to add Paul Skenes after a shocking Pirates move. Of course, the Pirates shocked everybody when they fired their manager, Derek Shelton, after just 38 games this season. I mean, very early. I mean, there's been a lot of managers already fired, right? We've seen Baltimore fire their manager, Pittsburgh, and also Colorado. So these guys aren't sticking around here in 2025. their front offices have been aggressive when it comes to getting rid of their managers but now you know with this firing of Shelton the next step is maybe trading Paul Skeens right I mean this is what Harold Reynolds said on MLB Network recently you gotta you get a forever return for him you know you're gonna get a bunch for Paul Skenes if you decide to trade him if the franchise isn't circling the wagons around him you gotta move him that's just the way it is and doesn't this smell a bit like the Shohei Ohtani situation in anaheim just a couple years ago i mean the Angels were going through different managers um Ohtani was not happy in Anaheim with the way things were going uh the team was an absolute dumpster fire missing the playoffs every year and in 2023 the rumors started that the Angels would trade Shohei Ohtani right i mean well i mean at least some people in the front office wanted to trade him but as we know Arte Moreno probably the worst owner in in professional sports I mean Moreno is probably the worst owner in baseball and the worst owner in sports decided not to trade Ohtani and the rest is history the Dodgers picked him up you know for 700 million dollars it wasn't like they didn't have to pay anything for him but the Angels got nothing for him right the Angels got absolutely nothing for Ohtani so do the Pirates want to fall into the same trap right I mean that's going to be the big question mark I mean do you really think Paul Skeens is going to re-sign with the Pittsburgh Pirates I mean honestly the Pirates are awful they stink we saw Skenes pitch at Dodger Stadium um what was it back in April about a month ago got a chance to see him pitch and you know he was great uh that Friday night game um and this guy is a great pitcher I mean Paul Skenes is a very good pitcher I mean this guy is not this guy you don't mess around with Paul Skenes this guy is good right so for the Dodgers to potentially get a player like Paul Skenes would absolutely be game-changing right Skeen's a recently unthinkable trade candidate suddenly at the center of trade speculation you know with this firing Jacob Mounts of FanSided identified the Dodgers as one of the teams with an inside track to obtain it Los Angeles has a long list of starters that are currently unable to pitch you know Roki Sasaki Snell Glass now she hadn't hurt you know guys from the Triple A system these guys can't pitch so the Dodgers trade for the Dodgers this would only cement their status well that next comment i don't see if i really agree with that because even the Dodgers don't get Skenes i mean i think they're the World Series favorites anyway right i mean we don't need Paul Skenes to win the World Series we've already we just won the World Series last year without him and with less pitching so the Dodgers are World Series favorites even if they don't acquire Paul Skenes but acquiring Paul Skenes wouldn't hurt because right now the Dodgers are extremely shorthanded as it is you know when it comes to pitching the Dodgers have the assets they have the you know the farm system that could they could definitely get right i mean it's not like the Dodgers don't have anything to give up and in this next part of this article from today it even goes into detail on what the Dodgers could be giving up if they go after Paul Skenes right i mean the Dodgers are stacked with pitching we might expect them to part with their number nine prospect and promising hurler River Ryan right River Ryan was very good with the Dodgers last year when he got a chance to play at the major league level and right now of course injured gonna miss the entire 2025 season so he can't contribute this year but I'm sure there's gonna be teams that are gonna want him next year in 2026 so the Dodgers could trade River Ryan in this trade and then you know that would be a good asset right there but we know the Pirates are gonna want more than that and this is where it gets a little bit I don't know if realistic if the Dodgers make this trade right because if they were if they would try to get you know Hassan Kim or even Dalton rushing right with the Dodgers releasing Austin Barnes recently I mean the Dodgers really gonna go out and trade um you know Dalton rushing I don't think so right I mean there's even possibility rushing could potentially be a first baseman or a third baseman or even play a little bit in the outfield this guy looks like he's pretty valuable for the Dodgers so I don't know if they're going to trade him and then come on Hassan Kim the guy's hitting over 400 why would they trade Hassan Kim so that's why I mean even if the Dodgers you know get a chance or the rate the rumors start to to ramp up for Paul Skeens I mean do the Dodgers really have enough to trade for Paul Skeens I mean that would the Pirates really accept only minor league um talent for Paul Skeens I mean do you really think that's all they're going to accept I mean I think they're going to want a bit more than that right I think they're going to want a little bit more um than just guys that are going to be playing the major leagues two three years down the line or even River Ryan River Ryan obviously is not a major league baseball ready talent I mean he still maybe has what he would probably start next year in AAA for the Dodgers right if he's healthy but he he does have he does show signs that he's going to be a you know a star pitcher right he definitely shows signs of that i mean let's not act like river ryan is is a scrub and it's just you know getting by or we have no idea and this guy has shown signs that he is potentially a major league all-star caliber pitcher so teams could be interested in somebody like that and that's why you know the Paul Skenes I mean they could include River Ryan and maybe a couple other minor league prospects and maybe they can get this done but it doesn't seem realistic i don't know whatever everybody thinks out there would the dodgers really aggressively go after Paul Skenes now here's a little update on Shohei Ohtani uh got a chance to throw breaking pitches um as we know trying to ramp him up for uh his pitching return the dodgers shorthanded tonight is a huge game but good signs for Ohtani you know getting a chance to throw breaking pitches know he'd only been throwing fastballs up until now. So this is a good update. Dodgers going to be taking on the D-backs again tonight. The last game, the third game of this three-game set. Corbin Burns going for the D-backs. He's had a solid year, 3-1, 2.56 ERA. Facing Dustin May, who has struggled 1-4 with a 4.43 ERA. But it's a pretty big game. Dodgers don't want to lose back-to-back series at home. So got to try to find a way to get a dub tonight. Get a win. And, you know, get ready for the road trip. Dodgers have to fly all the way to New York to play three games against the Mets this weekend. As always, make sure to subscribe, and let's go Dodgers. Woo!