As noted above, the Red Sox have already traded for one former AL Central-based lefty in the last year, landing Garrett Crochet as part of a blockbuster deal in December. Pairing Crochet and Skubal would give Boston the best one-two punch in the American League.

The biggest awards have now been handed out in baseball, and one of them just increased Tarik Skubal’s free agency value. On Wednesday, the Cy Young Awards were announced, and Tarik Skubal (of course) won for the second year in a row, while Paul Skenes of the Pirates won for the NL.