New York Post90%
Dodgers might trade for Tarik Skubal just so he doesn't land with rival team at MLB trade deadline 82%
By Jon Heyman92%
7/30/2026, 6:00:00 PM
Topics: Mlb Trade Deadline, Baseball
BS Summary: This article contains 18 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Representativeness Heuristic, and Status Quo Bias, with False Dilemma as the most egregious example at 46.6% saturation with 55 hits. Analysis detected 536 faulty-reasoning hits from 118 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 73.7% and a BS Rank of 82% (3,987 of 22,160 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 82.00% of the article peer group.
The Dodgers don’t seem anxious to trade a big prospect package for Tarik Skubal, but they do remain interested in making sure baseball’s best pitcher doesn’t go to the Brewers, Braves, Phillies or any other main competitor.
Three execs with interested teams suggested they hadn’t heard from Detroit as of midday Thursday, but that could just be a negotiating strategy.
There’s still time.
One rival exec suggested it would be malpractice for the Tigers to not trade Skubal since he’s a rental who, one, will not re-sign with Detroit and, two, would bring back a monster package for a rental.
Confirmation Bias
19.5%Confirmation Bias
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19.5%AuthorJon Heyman
12.7%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
31.4%Availability Heuristic
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31.4%AuthorJon Heyman
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Representativeness Heuristic
31.4%Representativeness Heuristic
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31.4%AuthorJon Heyman
7.8%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorJon Heyman
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Framing Effect
15.3%Framing Effect
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15.3%AuthorJon Heyman
11.4%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Loss Aversion
15.3%Loss Aversion
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15.3%AuthorJon Heyman
3.8%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Status Quo Bias
31.4%Status Quo Bias
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31.4%AuthorJon Heyman
7.8%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
2.5%Optimism Bias
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2.5%AuthorJon Heyman
0.6%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Pessimism Bias
2.5%Pessimism Bias
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2.5%AuthorJon Heyman
0.6%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Negativity Bias
31.4%Negativity Bias
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31.4%AuthorJon Heyman
7.8%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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0%AuthorJon Heyman
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False Dilemma
46.6%False Dilemma
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46.6%AuthorJon Heyman
11.7%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
31.4%Hasty Generalization
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31.4%AuthorJon Heyman
25.4%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
31.4%Appeal to Emotion
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31.4%AuthorJon Heyman
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Begging the Question
19.5%Begging the Question
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19.5%AuthorJon Heyman
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
31.4%Burden of Proof
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31.4%AuthorJon Heyman
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Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
31.4%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
31.4%Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
31.4%Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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118 words analyzed.
Analysis
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