The Tarik Skubal waiting game came to an end a little before the MLB Trade Deadline this weekend as the Detroit Tigers traded their ace to the evil empire, also known as the Los Angeles Dodgers. What if that wasn’t the trade return like everyone believes? Tigers' return in the Skubal trade was better than you thinkPeople are going to call the acquisitions of Zyhir Hope, River Ryan, and Brady Smith “a bag of chips and some half-chewed bubble gum,” but I’m here to say that the return isn’t actually that bad. Consider the circumstances: Skubal didn’t necessarily want to be traded (or so he said), but he also wasn’t likely to re-sign in the offseason. Zyhir Hope is the type of player the Tigers neededWhen I first heard of the Tigers’ return for Skubal, I immediately looked into all three minor leaguers.