The White Sox and Red Sox completed a trade Monday that will send left-handed reliever Jake Diekman to Chicago and catcher Reese McGuire plus a player to be named to Boston.
Diekman, 35, who has a 4.23 ERA in 44 games this season, has a two-year contract that expires in 2023 and includes a $4 million club option for 2024. McGuire, 27, is hitting for .225/.261/.285 this year and is under club control through 2025.
Diekman has limited opponents to a .203 average in 2022, including .188 with zero home runs allowed against lefties. For life he is 25-26 with an ERA of 3.77 in 494.1 innings, in which he has struck out 632 rivals during 11 seasons in the Major Leagues with Philadelphia (2012-15), Texas (2015-2018), Arizona (2018). ), Kansas City (2019), Oakland (2019-2021) and Red Sox (2022).