Breaking down the trade: Red Sox top prospect sacrificed for salary dump
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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready Jordan Hicks arrived in Boston as part of a salary-dump trade last June, and departed the same way Sunday, when the Red Sox dealt him and pitching prospect David Sandlin to the Chicago White Sox for pitching prospect Gage Ziehl. The clear benefit for the Red Sox is getting under the second competitive balance threshold (CBT), by approximately $3 million. The San Francisco Giants signed Hicks, 29, to a four-year, $44 million contract for the 2024-27 seasons, and he’s guaranteed $12.5 million for each of the remaining two years. The terms of Sunday’s trade reduce the righty’s impact on Boston’s luxury tax payroll to $4 million per year. Hicks also...