It appears that the Boston Red Sox are prepared to compete this winter. The management administration has recommitted to adding elite players to the squad in the hopes of returning to the playoffs after last year’s “full throttle” summer fell through.
“At the GM Meetings, there’s a widespread sense that the Sox can trade for nearly anyone,” Alex Speier reported for the Boston Globe. “White Sox lefthander Garrett Crochet tops the list.”
There’s strong justification for viewing Crochet as one of the Red Sox’s most enticing trade targets this winter. The left-hander earned his first All-Star selection this year, striking out 209 batters in his debut season as a starter. With his current team in the midst of a significant rebuild, Crochet is squarely on the trade block. To land him in Boston, Cody Williams of FanSided suggested a blockbuster trade proposal, which would send Wilyer Abreu, Kutter Crawford, Franklin Arias, and David Sandlin to the other side in a four-for-one deal.
“Where things get interesting for the Red Sox and still intriguing to the White Sox would be Wilyer Abreu and Kutter Crawford,” Williams noted. “The latter is 28 years old but just made 33 starts for the Sox with a 4.36 ERA and 1.112 WHIP, so he could immediately slot into Chicago’s rotation. … Abreu, meanwhile, could be the piece to get this deal across the finish line.”
Although the Red Sox would be parting with two key contributors in Crawford and Abreu, this proposed trade package would allow them to keep their core group of top prospects—Roman Anthony, Marcelo Mayer, Kristian Campbell, and Kyle Teel. As a result, Boston’s front office could view the deal as a way to acquire an important win-now piece without sacrificing the most promising elements of the team’s future.
“And in return, the Red Sox would get the ace that the team’s starting rotation has lacked for some time amid Chris Sale’s injuries and other mitigating factors by bringing in Crochet,” Williams concluded. “Pair that with more spending, potentially more trades and the core already in place with the big four coming to the majors soon, and this would be about as ideal as it could get for Boston while also helping the White Sox further set up their rebuild with the right pieces.”
Leave a Reply