The Boston Red Sox acquired Chris Sale, one of the game’s most dominant left-handed pitchers, from the Chicago White Sox for Yoan Moncada and three other prospects.
The White Sox also got minor league right-handed pitchers Michael Kopech and Victor Diaz and outfielder Luis Alexander Basabe.
The blockbuster marks a turn toward rebuilding for the White Sox, who deal their left-handed ace whose combination of dominance and cost-effectiveness made him the top prize on the trade market this winter.
As for the Red Sox, they land Sale, 27, for three years at the low cost of $51.