{"id":37318,"date":"2025-03-31T01:34:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T01:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37318"},"modified":"2025-03-31T01:34:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T01:34:47","slug":"red-sox-get-another-massive-vote-of-confidence-for-garrett-crochet-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37318","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox get another massive vote of confidence for Garrett Crochet trade"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Boston Red Sox’s trade for Garrett Crochet was one of the biggest moves of the offseason. In an effort to revamp a pitching staff that struggled mightily in 2024, the Sox sent a huge\u00a0package of prospects, including Kyle Teel and Braden Montgomery, to the White Sox in exchange for Crochet.<\/p>\n

Although the trade has been\u00a0questioned at times, the Red Sox just got a big boost of confidence from an\u00a0article in\u00a0The Athletic<\/em>. The article ranked the top 50 pitchers in MLB for 2025, and Crochet was ranked sixth, behind only Tarik Skubal, Paul Skenes, Zack Wheeler, Chris Sale and Corbin Burnes. That’s what you call good company, especially since Crochet has only thrown 219 innings in his big league career. Meanwhile, he’s ranked ahead of established veterans like Max Fried, Logan Webb and Blake Snell.<\/p>\n

The trade for Crochet has been doubted for a variety of reasons. Firstly, the price that the Red Sox paid in blue-chip prospects was seen by many as too steep. For instance,\u00a0Joel Reuter ranked\u00a0the Red Sox’ farm system as just the 12th best in MLB in the wake of the trade. Not only that, but Crochet’s desire for an extension clashed with the Sox’ aversion to long-term extensions for pitchers.<\/p>\n

The Athletic ranks Red Sox’s Garrett Crochet among the best pitchers in the league<\/h2>\n
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