For most of the 2000s and into the 2010s, trades between the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs were rare. Although the two teams had made deals in the past, exchanging such notable players such as Sammy Sosa and Jon Garland, neither team was in the habit or pursing deals with the other — especially high-profile ones.
That changed in July of 2017 when Rick Hahn and Theo Epstein struck a blockbuster deal, sending White Sox ace Jose Quintana to the North Side for a package including blue-chip prospects Eloy Jiménez and Dylan Cease.