Overview
- MLB.com confirmed the Winter Meetings deal and noted Boston’s 40-man roster now stands at 39.
- Grissom’s Boston stint was marred by injuries and scarce playing time, including a .190 average in 31 MLB games in 2024 and a full 2025 at Triple-A Worcester (.270/.342/.441).
- Jackson, 21, was an eighth-round pick in 2025 and the Angels’ No. 25 prospect, hitting .219 with one homer in 10 High-A games after the draft.
- The trade revisits the Chris Sale swap that brought Grissom to Boston in 2023; Sale won the 2024 NL Cy Young with Atlanta.
- The Angels’ unsettled second and third base situations could offer Grissom a clearer path to regular at-bats.