Chicago Cubs fans don’t like to think about any trades made between them and the Chicago White Sox lately. In 2021 they helped them by giving them two stud relievers in Craig Kimbrel and Ryan Tepera but that isn’t even the worst of it. They were absolutely fleeced in the trade that sent Eloy Jimenez and Dylan Cease to the south side for Jose Quintana. However, long before that came a trade in which the Cubs fleeced the White Sox.
The Cubs acquired Sosa and Ken Patterson in exchange for George Bell. Bell was an okay player for the White Sox in the final two years of his career but Sammy Sosa was a superstar. Unfortunately, his bout with steroids and the steroid era have made him a bit of a villain in the Chicago Cubs organization.