White Sox Swing Massive Three-Team Trade with St. Louis Cardinals and LA Dodgers

The Chicago White Sox have completed a massive three-team trade with the St. Louis Cardinals LA Dodgers.

Chicago White Sox pitcher Erick Fedde (20) pitches against the Seattle Mariners during the first inning at Guaranteed Rate Field on July 27. / Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports

UPDATE: The deal is finalized, and is bigger than originally thought, with the White Sox trading Michael Kopech to the Dodgers and Fedde and Tommy Pham to the Cardinals.

Per Bob Nightengale of USA Today:

The full 3-way trade between the Dodgers-Cardinals-White Sox:
Dodgers receive IF Tommy Edman and reliever Michael Kopech.
Cardinals receive: Starter Erick Fedde and outfielder Tommy Pham.
White Sox receive: IF Miguel Vargas and prospects Alexander Abertus and Jaral Perez and potentially a fringe prospect.

The 24-year-old Vargas is a former top prospect who is a .201 career hitter in 374 at-bats. He has 11 big league homers. Albertus was the No. 23 prospect in the Dodgers organization, per MLB.com. Perez is 19 years old and plays third base. He's hitting .264 this season with 10 homers and had been playing at A-Ball.

2:15 p.m. ET: The Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers are reportedly close to finalizing a three-team trade that would send right-hander Erick Fedde to the Cardinals.

Ken Rosenthal and Katie Woo of 'The Athletic' had the information first on social media:

A three-team trade in which the Cardinals would acquire Erick Fedde, the Dodgers would acquire Tommy Edman and the White Sox would acquire prospects is close, sources tell me and @KatieWoo

A three-team trade in which the Cardinals would acquire Erick Fedde, the Dodgers would acquire Tommy Edman and the White Sox would acquire prospects is close, sources tell me and @KatieWoo

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 29, 2024

The 31-year-old Fedde signed a two-year deal with the White Sox this past offseason and established himself as one of the better pitchers in the American League. He returned back from a year in Korea as a different pitcher and has now parlayed that into playing for a contender this year and next.

Despite playing for the woeful White Sox, Fedde is 7-4 this year with a 3.11 ERA. He's made 21 starts and thrown 121.2 innings. He'll pair with Sonny Gray, Lance Lynn and Kyle Gibson as veteran options in the Cardinals rotation.

Fedde is 28-37 lifetime and helped the Nationals win the 2019 World Series. The Cardinals are currently 54-51 and 1.0 game back in the National League wild card standings.

As for Edman, he's under team control through 2025. He has not played all season because of injury but appears to be close to a return.

The prospect package for the White Sox is not known yet but we'll have the information for you when the deal is finalized.

The White Sox play the Royals on Monday night.

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