White Sox Now Face $20 Million Question After Trading Luis Robert Jr.

One of the driving forces behind the trade that sent Luis Robert Jr. to the Mets was money.

The White Sox freed up $20 million that Robert was owed while adding a player in Luisangel Acuña, who has five-plus years of control. In fact, when White Sox general manager Chris Getz met the media, he cited that as one of the reasons he pulled the trigger on the deal.

“We’re talking about a player with five-plus years of control, one of the younger, exciting players in our game who...