There aren’t many trades in MLB history that will go down as more one-sided than the Atlanta Braves’ acquisition of Chris Sale a couple of offseasons ago.
At the time, Sale — for all his talent — hadn’t been able to stay healthy in half a decade. The Red Sox considered him a lost cause and shipped him to Atlanta for Vaughn Grissom. Since then, all Sale has done is post a 2.46 ERA over 303.1 innings and win his first NL Cy Young Award in 2024.
Grissom, meanwhile, appeared in just 31 games for Boston… and that’s all he’ll ever play for the Red Sox, with ESPN’s Jeff Passan reporting that the 24-year-old infielder has been traded to the Los Angeles Angels.