Again in January 2024, I mentioned — roughly 218 occasions to anybody who would pay attention, as much as and together with strangers in line at CVS — that there was nothing Chris Sale may do with the Atlanta Braves that will make me suppose the commerce that despatched him to Atlanta for Vaughn Grissom was a nasty deal. Sale was a black cloud hovering over your complete group, I mentioned. The Crimson Sox wanted to cease planning their rotation round him, I mentioned. He was nearly actually performed as an efficient beginning pitcher and the Crimson Sox have been fortunate to not solely unload him for worth, however for a participant who could be be an above-average common for years to return, I mentioned.
I’ll have been fallacious concerning the Chris Sale-Vaughn Grissom commerce.
In the present day, the Crimson Sox traded Vaughn Grissom to Los Angeles Angles for single-A outfielder Isaiah Jackson, an eighth spherical draft choose this previous summer season and the Twenty fifth-ranked prospect within the poorly-rated Angels farm system.
We’ll have extra on Jackson quickly. However now it’s time to shut the ebook on Vaughn Grissom’s time with the Crimson Sox and the Chris Sale commerce normally. Sale has made 49 begins for Atlanta and posted an ERA+ of 168. He has gained a Cy Younger. He has led the league in pitching bWAR and posted 10.2 bWAR whole in his time in Atlanta. In his time in Boston, Grissom completed at -0.2 bWAR. The choice tree that led to the Sale commerce could or could not have been sound, however the Crimson Sox’ analysis of Grisosm’s expertise positively was not.
Some trades take years to totally consider. However this one doesn’t. It would go down as one of many worst trades in Crimson Sox historical past.
