Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow made a major trade on Saturday, sending Chris Sale and cash considerations to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for infielder Vaughn Grissom.
Sale was penciled in as one of Boston’s primary starters in the rotation, but hasn’t been able to stay healthy for the better part of his Red Sox tenure. Grissom provides a ton of upside as a young second baseman with six years of team control.
“Anytime you trade someone like Sale, it’s obviously a really, really tough baseball decision,” Breslow told reporters via Zoom on Saturday.