In a de facto three-team deal, the Chicago White Sox traded Tyler Saladino for Trayce Thompson on Thursday.
The White Sox bought Thompson from the Oakland A’s, who had designated the outfielder for assignment two days ago. Perhaps, “just for fun,” Thompson caught the plane back home with the White Sox after being swept out of Oakland earlier this week.
Mere minutes later, the White Sox sold infielder Tyler Saladino to the Milwaukee Brewers. Presumably, the White Sox just wrote Milwaukee’s check right over to Oakland and kept the financial transactions to a minimum.