The Boston Red Sox have traded pitcher Chris Sale to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for infielder Vaughn Grissom, it was announced today. The Red Sox are also reportedly sending $17 million to Atlanta as part of this deal.
The Atlanta Braves signed reliever Reynaldo Lopez earlier this offseason, and the joke at the time was that they would also end up with Lucas Giolito, since Lopez and Giolito were traded together twice, as well as both being claimed by the Cleveland Guardians as part of the August waiverpocalypse that the Anaheim Angels did.