This was a first pass at a potential trade of Dylan Cease to the Braves, where he would anchor the starting rotation with Spencer Strider. (Max Fried has one year of control left, and it not expected to sign an extension.) Garrett Crotchet is a throw-in, but he's the kind of reliever the Braves like, with an upper-90s rising fastball, and a slider with movement in both directions. The Braves will probably try to get him to throw the slider harder. Vaughn Grissom is a major-league-ready, bat-first middle infielder. The Braves are rolling with Ozzie Albies and Orlando Arcia at second and short, and they would rather trade Grissom than lower his value by using him as an outfielder. His glove may not play at shortstop in the long run, but the Sox' immediate need is second base, and he should be an adequate fielder there. A.J. Smith-Shawver is a high-ranked, near-ready starting pitching prospect. He throws his four-seamer at 95; he's got a hard sinking slider, an 11-5 curve, and a meh split-finger fastball. Although he reached the majors in 2023, he probably needs another half-season in AAA, which the White Sox can afford to give him. David McCabe is a low-minors third baseman with power potential; he hit 17 home runs between Low-A and High-A last year. Adam Zebrowski is a lottery ticket; a glove-first catcher who is one of a logjam of low-minors catchers in the Braves system.