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White Sox Trade for Lance Lynn

The White Sox have reportedly acquired Lance Lynn from the Rangers.

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December 7, 2020

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The White Sox have made a blockbuster trade for right-hander Lance Lynn from the Texas Rangers, per Jeff Passan of ESPN. In return, the White Sox are sending young righty Dane Dunning and a prospect.

Right-hander Dane Dunning is going back to the Texas Rangers in the Lance Lynn deal, sources tell ESPN.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 8, 2020

White Sox have been looking for a starting pitcher, and they are landing arguably the best on the trade market. They also had been discussing a Sonny Gray deal with the Reds but pivoted toward Lynn and finished it with Rangers for Dane Dunning and a prospect, sources tell ESPN.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 8, 2020

According to Passan, the White Sox also kicked the tires on a trade with the Reds involving Sonny Gray. However, they ultimately found a partner in the Texas Rangers and were able to land Lynn.

Lynn placed sixth in Cy Young voting for the 2020 shortened season and fifth in Cy Young voting in 2019. This past season, he sported a 3.32 ERA and 4.19 FIP in a league-leading 84 innings pitched. Dunning will certainly be missed on the South Side, but this is a move in the World Series direction for the White Sox.

UPDATE: 12/7/20, 11:56 PM CT – According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the other prospect the White Sox are sending to the Rangers is Avery Weems.

Left-hander Avery Weems is the other prospect the White Sox are trading for Lance Lynn with righty Dane Dunning, source tells The Athletic. Weems, 23, was the White Sox’s sixth-round pick out of the University of Arizona in 2019.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 8, 2020

Weems, a 2019 sixth-round draft pick, posted a 5-4 record, 2.09 ERA, and an 11 K/9 in 60.1 innings over 14 games in the White Sox farm system during the 2019 season.