Chicago White Sox 2004 trades set up World Series title

The Chicago White Sox made big trades in 2004 that took them to another level.

The Chicago White Sox had many great players on the 2005 team that brought a World Series title to the South Side.

Paul Konerko, A.J. Pierzynski, Bobby Jenks, and Aaron Rowand are just four of the many players that helped them succeed that season.

However, that team never would have had that success without moves made in 2004.

Over the course of that calendar year, the team acquired Jose Contreras, Freddy Garcia, Scott Podsednik, and Luis Vizcaino as detailed by Scott Merkin of MLB.com.

Contreras had the best full season of his career, at the time, registering a 3.61 ERA, 4.21 FIP, 1.231 WHIP, 6.8 K/9, and 3.3 BB/9…