CHW / LAD Trade

[MasterShonuff]

White Sox send:

OF Trent Grisham 500k 5.4m 5.4m 5.4m
1B Blaze Jordan pc-na


Dodgers send:

RP Brooks Raley 1.1m 1.1m 1.1m
3B/OF Brendan Donovan 3m 4m 5m


Concept of the trade was shipping Raley to the White Sox for their playoff run.  Dodgers use Raley to build depth at the 1B position that I identified was my second weakest position as of last week (recent trade additions of Pratto & Walsh)
Kind of hard parting with Donovan.  I can use Gorman until the end of the season at 3B (he'll lose 3B eligibility in 2023).  However again with the flurry of trades I made I have Gunnar Henderson, Jake Burger or maybe Jordan Westburg at 3B for the near future so Donovan really doesn't have a home.  So we take on a slumping Grisham and his decent salary hit.  Won't turn 26 until November so Dodgers take on another lotto ticket like we did with Bellinger thanks to loads of cap space that allow me to take these gambles.

Always good dealing with the White Sox.  We don't see eye to eye on the value on some players but we find a way to get a deal done that helps both teams.  Good luck to their playoff run!