The Brewers nearly landed Tarik Skubal. They won the World Series anyway (Gift Article)

This is an incredible bomb to drop after the Brewers won the World Series: THE TIGERS ACCEPTED THEIR TRADE OFFER FOR SKUBAL AND BACKED OUT www.nytimes.com/athletic/773...

They must have had this embargoed until the final out. Detroit reneged on a deal for Skubal after agreeing to it. Pena, Adamczewski and Jett Williams. The players all knew and Murphy had to talk about it with the whole team.

“Detroit accepted the offer that afternoon.” removed from the article the next day and zero mention of the editing out of a pretty substantial element www.nytimes.com/athletic/773...

Spite can be a big motivator. Makes the sweep of the Dodgers even more delicious. www.nytimes.com/athletic/773...

The Brewers just missed getting Tarik Skubal. They won the World Series anyway

“We have enough,” Murphy told his players. “We have enough in this room. We don’t need anybody else.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/773...

“We have enough,” Murphy told his players. “We have enough in this room. We don’t need anybody else.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/773...

World Series champ Brewers thought they had Tarik Skubal at deadline before Dodgers swooped in (yesterday) f the nyt