The Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox made the biggest splash of the offseason thus far, completing a blockbuster trade Tuesday that sent Chris Sale to the Red Sox in exchange for top prospect Yoan Moncada, and prospects Michael Kopech, Luis Alexander Basabe and Victor Diaz.
The trade immediately puts the Red Sox among the favorites in the American League in 2017, as Sale joins a rotation that already boasts David Price and reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello, to go along with one of the best offenses in baseball.
Sale finished fifth in the Cy Young voting, as he went 17-10 with a 3.