How the Dodgers keep doing this. Plus: Trade roundup before today's deadline

The Windup Newsletter ⚾ | This is The Athletic’s MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox.Tarik Skubal is a Dodger, and the trade deadline chaos is ongoing. We’ll catch you up, but today — the final day of the deadline — should be a whirlwind. Follow every trade and rumor in our live blog all day long.I’m Levi Weaver — welcome to The Windup!Blockbuster: Skubal arrives in L.A.The Roman Empire did not necessarily need Assyria, nor did Pax Britannica hinge on the annexation of New Zealand. Alas, empires are not built on restraint or equanimity. So who did you expect would emerge with this deadline’s biggest treasure, if not the team already hoarding a mountain of gold?Yes, the inevitable Dodgers landed Tarik Skubal, adding to a rotation that, if/when healthy,