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- Updated: December 7, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Though the Braves have spent the past four years inquiring about Chris Sale’s availability, they certainly weren’t crushed when they learned the White Sox had traded the left-hander to the Red Sox on Tuesday afternoon.
Once it remained obvious the White Sox were not interested in any package that did not include Dansby Swanson, the Braves were essentially longshot contenders who were not willing to pay the cost it would require to acquire Sale and adversely affect a two-year rebuild that was highlighted by last year’s acquisition of Swanson, Ender Inciarte and Aaron Blair from the D-backs in exchange for Shelby Miller.
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“We’re vested in all of these youngsters,” Braves president of baseball operations John Hart said of his rich prospect crop. “We realize not all of them are going to hit, but some of them are. We’re just not at that spot. The Red Sox are just at a different stage of their development and they pushed their chips in.”
The Red Sox traded Yoan Moncada, MLBPipeline.com’s top overall prospect, highly touted pitching prospect Michael Kopech, outfielder Luis Alexander Basabe and right-hander Victor Diaz to acquire Sale, who will earn $12 million in …
