"Back in January 2024, I said - roughly 218 times to anyone who would listen, up to and including strangers in line at CVS - that there was nothing Chris Sale could do with the Atlanta Braves that would make me think the trade that sent him to Atlanta for Vaughn Grissom was a bad deal. Sale was a black cloud hovering over the entire organization, I said."
"But now it's time to close the book on Vaughn Grissom's time with the Red Sox and the Chris Sale trade in general. Sale has made 49 starts for Atlanta and posted an ERA+ of 168. He has won a Cy Young. He has led the league in pitching bWAR and posted 10.2 bWAR total in his time in Atlanta. In his time in Boston, Grissom finished at -0.2 bWAR."
The Red Sox traded Chris Sale to the Atlanta Braves for Vaughn Grissom in January 2024. Sale flourished in Atlanta, making 49 starts, posting an ERA+ of 168, winning a Cy Young, leading the league in pitching bWAR, and accumulating 10.2 bWAR. Grissom produced -0.2 bWAR during his time in Boston and was later traded to the Los Angeles Angels for Single-A outfielder Isaiah Jackson, an eighth-round pick and a low-ranked prospect. The Red Sox' evaluation of Grissom's skills proved incorrect, and the trade is now characterized as one of the worst in franchise history.
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