On December 6, 2016 the Boston Red Sox sent a package centered around Yoan Moncada — an elite prospect hoped to be a future infield cornerstone — to the Chicago White Sox for Christopher Allen Sale. Sale was one of the very best pitchers in the world and, in joining a team that won the AL East the season before with an enviable young core led by Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts, his mission was clear: solidify the rotation and make the Red Sox World Series champions.
He did just that:
Today, the Red Sox dealt Chris Sale (along with $17 million of the $27.