I still don't think we trade Sale since we currently only have Schwelly as the other top end SP going into 2026 (unless Strider figures it out).
But trading Sale is just about the only we're going to acquire a SS. I suppose we could sign Bichete or potentially Kim, but neither of those seem like something AA would do (we already passed on Kim this past off-season).
There are a couple other options though. The Cards and Guardians both need offense and their Catcher situations are terrible. And both the Guardians and Cards have great organizational depth at SS. Murphy might be able to pull a quality SS prospect from one of them.