Despite a general defeatist attitude among fans and analysts that Tarik Skubal's addition to the Los Angeles Dodgers rotation ensures another World Series title, people in MLB aren't entirely ready to adopt that approach. Per The Athletic's Jayson Stark, one league executive explained "it's still baseball" when addressing why the Dodgers could end up losing in the playoffs even with Skubal in the rotation:"You know, Tarik Skubal pitched for a playoff team last year. And that team lost that playoff series. So even as unbelievable as he is, even as unbelievable as (Yoshinobu) Yamamoto is, and even as unbelievable as Ohtani is … it's still baseball." It's true that Skubal pitched twice in the ALDS for the Detroit Tigers last year and they lost in five games to the Seattle Mariners, but the No.