When Red Sox second baseman Vaughn Grissom came over from Atlanta via trade last December, it was a deal that made sense to most. Out went Chris Sale; a pitcher with a complicated story in Boston, but one that featured a lot of success when he was on the mound. He left town with a 46-32 record and a 3.27 ERA in 115 starts in Boston.
With one year left on Sale’s deal and the Red Sox having done, well, nothing, to improve the 2024 roster, sending Sale to a World Series contender in Atlanta made sense.