The Los Angeles Dodgers' 8.5-game lead in the National League West has left their rivals in an uncomfortable position. The San Diego Padres are 9.5 games behind. With those two teams left to fight for wild-card scraps, the Dodgers traded for the best pitcher in the American League. On Saturday night, the Dodgers acquired reigning two-time Cy Young award winner Tarik Skubal. "Both [San Diego Padres pitcher] Walker Buehler and [Padres second baseman Jake] Cronenworth smiled wide and walked away when asked if they had heard the Dodgers had acquired a new starting pitcher," Kevin Acee reported in the San Diego Union-Tribune on Saturday night.