Right-handed flamethrower Jordan Hicks, whom the Red Sox acquired last season in the blockbuster trade involving Devers, is headed to the White Sox alongside fellow righty David Sandlin, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported.
Boston’s return for slugger Rafael Devers keeps shrinking.
Right-handed flamethrower Jordan Hicks, whom the Red Sox acquired last season in the blockbuster trade involving Devers, is headed to the White Sox alongside fellow righty David Sandlin, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported.
Former Yankees prospect Gage Ziehl, another righty who was traded to Chicago for Austin Slater at last year’s trade deadline, is headed to the Red Sox, per Chris Cotillo of MassLive.
Cotillo adds that Chicago will send Boston $8 million in each of the next two seasons to partially cover Hicks’ remaining $24 million salary.
The trade allows Boston to shed some salary after a bevy of offseason acquisitions, including signing star lefty Ranger Suarez and Willson Contreras, while the White Sox flex their newfound financial flexibility after trading centerfielder Luis Robert Jr.
