The blockbuster is finally here: Tarik Skubal is headed to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Now comes the harder question—how do the Dodgers actually use him?

On this episode of Injury Territory, Will Carroll and Edward Egros break down the biggest trade of the MLB season through the lens every contender should care about: health. Does adding Skubal finally allow the Dodgers to ease Shohei Ohtani away from his two-way workload? Is this the beginning of the end for Ohtani’s double duty, or simply another layer of protection as Los Angeles prepares for October?

We also examine how injuries shaped this year’s MLB trade deadline. From Shane McClanahan to Ryan O’Hearn, Adley Rutschman, and Spencer Strider, we explain how player health changed valuations, altered trade strategies, and forced front offices to rethink both buying and selling.

Who improved enough to become a legitimate World Series contender? Which teams missed their opportunity? And which clubs still have glaring holes that no trade could fix?

As always, Will and Edward combine sports medicine, baseball analytics, and front-office strategy to explain not just what happened at the deadline—but why it happened.

If you’re looking for Tarik Skubal trade analysis, Dodgers news, Shohei Ohtani pitching updates, MLB trade deadline reactions, Yankees and Dodgers rumors, baseball injuries, sports medicine, Spencer Strider updates, Adley Rutschman news, and expert MLB injury analysis, Injury Territory delivers the insight behind the headlines every week.

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