The Los Angeles Dodgers are looking for ways to improve their roster this offseason after flaming out in the NLCS vs the eventual World Series champion Milwaukee Brewers in sweep fashion. Priority number one for the Dodgers is re-signing star pitcher Tarik Skubal in free agency after the team acquired him last season.

Now, more information has come out on one obstacle that Los Angeles could face in its quest to bring back the ace.

“They're not willing to ramp up the maximum seven, eight, nine-year deals. Andrew Friedman has historically tried to stray away from those with pitchers in general because of the injury risk. But this is the same kind of mentality they took on with Kyle Tucker… what we don't know is if Skubal is going to be willing to take that or if he wants to take that,” reported MLB insider Katie Woo of The Athletic, via Dodgers Territory on X, formerly Twitter.

Indeed, the Dodgers signed Tucker to a shorter-term deal last offseason and would seemingly be hoping for the same for Skubal. While Los Angeles has shelled out long-term deals in the past, most notably to Shohei Ohtani, that typically hasn't extended to pitchers, and it remains to be seen what Skubal and his agent will be looking for from Los Angeles on the next deal.

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Meanwhile, other teams around the MLB are understandably interested in the Cy Young winner, including the New York Mets, who are routinely just behind the Dodgers in terms of overall payroll in the league.

In any case, it doesn't seem that Skubal is in any rush to make his decision amid the league-wide bidding war.