Eight years before Craig Breslow traded four prospects to the Chicago White Sox for Garrett Crochet, former Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Dave Dombrowski made a similar deal for an equally-dominant hurler.
Dombrowski landed future World Series champion Chris Sale from the White Sox in exchange for Yoán Moncada, Luis Alexander Basabe, Victor Díaz and Michael Kopech. Kopech has grown into the most successful player of the group (aside from the many injuries in his career), and he hit free agency for the first time after the 2025 season.
Boston selected the righty in the first round of the 2014 MLB Draft, making him a key part of Chicago's return for Sale.