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Sale, McCutchen, Archer? Trades I'd like to see before the winter meetings

Major league general managers are wheeling and dealing with many more trades ahead of them as we approach the winter meetings, which begin Sunday at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Washington. Here are four major trades I’d like to see happen:

The trade

White Sox get 2B Yoan Moncada, RHP Michael Kopech, C Blake Swihart and LHP Eduardo Rodriguez.

Why it works

For the White Sox: The White Sox would get one of the game’s best position-player prospects in Moncada, who has a chance to be a middle-of-the-order impact bat, Boston’s best pitching prospect in right-hander Kopech (who throws in the triple digits), a left-handed mid-rotation starter with upside in Rodriguez and another solid left-handed hitter in Swihart, who could still end up as a starting catcher in the big leagues if developed properly.