Griffey traded to White Sox

While Manny Ramirez was traded away on Thursday, July 31, lost in the shuffle was the trade of another future hall of famer, one Mr. Ken Griffey Jr. At 3:30PM Eastern time, a half hour before the trade deadline, the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox agreed on a deal that sent Jr. to the White Sox in return for minor leaguers Nick Masset and Danny Richar.

This deal should help the White Sox, as they get someone to step in in place of the inconsistent Paul Konerko and Nick Swisher, but with Jim Thome at DH, and Carlos Quentin and Jermaine Dye at the corners, and Swisher and Konerko in CF and at 1B respectively, playing time will have to be cut somewhere in order to get Junior ABs. It seems likely that that player would be Paul Konerko and his batting average hovering around the Mendoza Line.

However, despite the improved offense, this deal does not make the White Sox title contenders, as Junior has hoped for in waiving his no-trade clause to come over. This team still needs more pitching.