Tarik Skubal to make home debut for Dodgers against Royals

PHOENIX — In Dave Roberts’ 11 seasons as manager, the Dodgers have acquired a number of marquee players at the trade deadline.Yu Darvish.Manny Machado.

Max Scherzer. Ordinary summer nights became events when each made their home debuts for the Dodgers, and Roberts expects that to also be the case for the team’s latest big-ticket midseason reinforcement, Tarik Skubal.The two-time Cy Young Award winner is scheduled to pitch on Monday at Dodger Stadium in the opening game of a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals.“It’s gonna be fun,” Roberts said.“It’s gonna be a lot of fun.

It’s gonna be 50,000 [fans] like it always is. “We’ve made some deadline acquisitions with some top-end guys, but this guy is something special.” California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.Please provide a valid email.

By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Never miss a story Skubal, who started his first game for the Dodgers on Tuesday in Chicago, said he was looking forward to the assignment.“No doubt, no doubt,” Skubal said.

“Home start, it’ll be a ton of fun.I’m excited to get going.”The Dodgers’ rotation is starting to round into shape.

Skubal will be followed on Tuesday by another two-time Cy Young Award winner in Blake Snell, who is scheduled to start his first major league game in three months.Skubal and Snell will be major additions to an injury-ravaged rotation that is still missing Tyler Glasnow and Shohei Ohtani.The state of the pitching staff has played a role in the season-long six-game losing streak the Dodgers carried into their three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks.“Now when you got Blake back, you got Tarik here, you feel like you have the pieces with the starting pitchers to go on a run,” Roberts said.

“But you also gotta play good defense behind them.You gotta score runs.

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