For weeks now, Los Angeles Dodgers fans have been living in a familiar emotional purgatory. Every Tarik Skubal rumor felt like it came with a mandatory fine print disclaimer: “Tyler Glasnow likely headlining the trade package.” It became so widely assumed that it almost felt official — like one of those leaks that’s true before it’s true.
And then Glasnow himself went on SiriusXM MLB Network Radio and calmly lit that assumption on fire. He didn’t even dance around it. He didn’t give the usual player-speak. He didn’t “focus on what I can control.