In December, the Chicago White Sox and the Boston Red Sox agreed to make a deal. The White Sox sent pitcher Garrett Crochet to the Red Sox. At the same time, the White Sox acquired Wikelman Gonzalez, Chase Meidroth, Braden Montgomery and Kyle Teel.
While looking at this trade, I’m just wondering if these 2 teams frequently agreed to a deal over the last 10 years. To solve my doubts, I decided to check on the great baseball reference website.
Firstly, they agreed to a deal in December 2016. It was a blockbuster trade. The White Sox sent Chris Sale to the Red Sox. After the trade, Chris Sale pitched for the Red Sox for 6 seasons, posting a 3.27 ERA and a 1.02 WHIP over 670.2 innings. Sale threw 300+ strikeouts in 2017 and, in 2018 he finished the season with a 2.11 ERA and a 0.86 WHIP. In particular, he struck out Manny Machado to help the Red Sox win the 2018 World Series title.
At the same time, the White Sox got 4 players from the Red Sox. Victor Diaz is a pitcher, however, he didn’t make it into the big leagues and was released in 2021. Luis Alexander Basabe was traded to the Giants in 2020. Neither Diaz nor Basabe made huge impacts on the White Sox. Nonetheless, Michael Kopech made his MLB debut in 2018. He pitched for the White Sox for 5 seasons, posting a 4.38 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP over 376 innings. Kopech was traded to the Dodgers last July. Well, Yoan Moncada is the one that contributed the most to the White Sox. Moncada played 739 games for the White Sox from 2017 to 2024. He slashed .254/.332/.425 with 93 home runs and 338 RBI.
In addition, in August 2022, the White Sox sent Reese McGuire to the Red Sox. McGuire played for the Red Sox for 3 seasons, hitting .264/.315/.370 with 7 home runs and 46 RBI in 161 games. And Taylor Broadway was sent to the Red Sox to complete the trade. Broadway is now in the minors. In the meantime, the White Sox got Jake Diekman. Diekman made 39 relief appearances for the White Sox in 2022 and 2023. He owned a 7.04 ERA and a 1.99 WHIP over 30.2 innings. The White Sox released him in May 2023.
Finally, in 2023, the White Sox acquired Franklin German (Frank German) from the Red Sox and the Red Sox got Theo Denlinger. Franklin German didn’t pitch any games for the White Sox. Theo Denlinger didn’t make it into the big leagues and was released last August.
Looking back at the trades between the Red Sox and the White Sox over the last 10 years, the most impactful one should be the Chris Sale trade. The Red Sox certainly benefited from this trade by winning the World Series in 2018. And Moncada provided some support to the White Sox offense. Hence, looking at the Crochet trade, it seems similar to the Sale trade. Nonetheless, we have to watch if he will help the Red Sox advance to the postseason first. Furthermore, there are several prospects in this trade and let’s see whether they will make their MLB debuts in the White Sox uniform.
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