Former Red Sox top starter and World Series winner Chris Sale had helpful words for new Boston ace Garrett Crochet ahead of Crochet's spring training debut.
Walker Buehler and Garrett Crochet give the rotation a huge upgrade; Aroldis Chapman adds a hard-thrower to the bullpen.
Boston traded for Chicago White Sox ace Garrett Crochet and signed Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler. The Red Sox weren't done adding to the team; during free agency, the
Lost in the recent Alex Bregman signing and subsequent Rafael Devers drama is the Boston Red Sox’s continued pitching uncertainty. The Red Sox upgraded their rotation this offseason, adding ex-Chicago White Sox lefty Garrett Crochet and former Los Angeles Dodgers All-Star Walker Buehler.
The Boston Red Sox are one or two moves away from completing a near perfect offseason. The Red Sox traded for Garrett Crochet from the Chicago White Sox before adding free agent Walker Buehler to the starting rotation as well.
Coming off a year in which they went 41-121 and set the Modern Era record for losses, the White Sox continued to sell off assets heading into 2025, with USA Today thinking they failed to get enough of a return.
The White Sox are one of the few clubs in baseball firmly in rebuild mode. They went 81-81 in 2022, followed by a 61-101 showing the year after. Last year, they reached a historic low, setting a modern-day record with 121 losses.
New Red Sox southpaw Garrett Crochet addressed the media on Wednesday and touched on the topic of extension talks.
They're focused on building the farm system, but their big-league roster doesn't look better than last year's.