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Source: White Sox get Moncada, more for Sale
- Updated: December 6, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The White Sox rebuild began in a major way Tuesday afternoon when the team agreed to acquire infielder Yoan Moncada and right-handed pitcher Michael Kopech from Boston in a five-player trade sending Chris Sale to the Red Sox, sources told MLB.com’s Jon Paul Morosi. Boston will also send outfielder Luis Alexander Basabe and right-handed pitcher Victor Diaz to the White Sox. Neither team has confirmed.
Moncada was rated the No. 1 overall prospect among MLBPipeline.com’s midseason Top 100, while Kopech checked in at No. 67. Kopech also was considered the best pitching prospect in the Arizona Fall League and will likely make a jump into the Top 50 with the next rankings. MLBPipeline.com ranked both Basabe (No. 8) and Diaz (No. 28) as among the Red Sox’s Top 30 Prospects.
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Moncada, the switch-hitting 21-year-old, has earned comparisons to Robinson Cano because of his high offensive ceiling. The Cuban native hit .211 in 19 at-bats for the Red Sox last season, although he might have been called up a little …
