The Boston Red Sox made an unlucky move ahead of the 2024 season.
At the time, the Red Sox had a real need at second base and traded the then-oft-injured Chris Sale to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for young infielder Vaughn Grissom. He flashed some massive upside with Atlanta, as shown by slashing .287/.339/.407 in his first 64 big league games across the 2022 and 2023 seasons. Boston flipped Sale for Grissom, but unfortunately things didn’t work out in the club’s favor.
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Grissom went on to play just 31 total games for Boston and Sale went on to win the 2024 National League Cy Young Award and thrive again in 2025. You can’t predict health, but the move ended up being a whiff for the organization, which traded Grissom away this offseason already.
Boston missed on Vaughn Grissom