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The Boston Red Sox saved money and cleared two 40-man roster spots in a trade with the Chicago White Sox<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Boston sent right-handed reliever Jordan Hicks, minor-league RHP David Sandlin, and two players to be named later to Chicago in exchange for minor-league RHP Gage Ziehl and a player to be named later. The Red Sox sent $8 million to the White Sox to cover some of Hicks’ $24 million contract, according to Will Sammon of The Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hicks was initially acquired as part of last year’s blockbuster trade that sent slugger Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants. The 29-year-old struggled mightily in Boston, posting an 8.20 ERA and 1.98 WHIP across 21 appearances.<\/p>\n

Sandlin was the No. 9-ranked prospect in the Red Sox’ system, per SoxProspects.com<\/a>. The 24-year-old, whom Boston acquired from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for reliever John Schreiber in 2024, had a 4.50 ERA in 32 games (14 starts) for Double-A Portland and Triple-A Worcester last season.<\/p>\n

Ziehl, 22, was a fourth-round draft pick by the New York Yankees in 2024. He notched a 4.12 ERA and 1.26 WHIP across three minor-league levels (Low-A, High-A, Double-A) last season.<\/p>\n

For the Red Sox, this trade was all about shedding Hicks’ salary and making room on the 40-man roster for future moves. A right-handed bat, specifically a middle infielder, remains a glaring need with less than two weeks until pitchers and catchers report to Fort Myers for spring training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Red Sox saved money and cleared two 40-man roster spots in a trade with the Chicago…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2379],"tags":[5,48,138,49,2561,204,4,396,2562],"class_list":{"0":"post-554098","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-white-sox","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-boston-red-sox","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-chicago-white-sox","12":"tag-chicagowhitesox","13":"tag-jordan-hicks","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-white-sox","16":"tag-whitesox"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116012203737655255","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}