Just before midnight on Monday, the Texas Rangers traded Lance Lynn to the Chicago White Sox. The late-night deal gave the White Sox one of the best pitchers in baseball, returned to the Rangers Dane Dunning, a solid right-handed pitching prospect, and injected the virtual Winter Meetings with a tinge of normalcy. Let’s grade the trade.
The Deal
White Sox acquire: RHP Lance Lynn
Rangers acquire: RHP Dane Dunning, LHP Avery Weems
Full trade details per ESPN's Jeff Passan and other reports.