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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/white-sox-news-chicago-former-angels-manager-front-office');   ga('set', 'title', 'White Sox add former Angels manager to front office');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Chicago-adds-former-Angels-manager-to-front-office.jpg"></figure><h1>White Sox add former Angels manager to front office</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-23T11:43:21-08:00">December 23rd, 11:43am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-23T12:25:24-08:00">December 23rd, 12:25pm</time><address><a>Russell Steinberg</a>Russell Steinberg covers Major League Baseball and the New York Liberty for ClutchPoints. A baseball and basketball lifer, he has written for Boardroom, SLAM, SB Nation, The Next, and more. He graduated from NYU in 2012 and still returns to serve as PA announcer and occasional broadcaster for the school’s basketball and volleyball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago White Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After missing out on the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/white-sox-news-find-new-manager-after-historically-brutal-season">Chicago White Sox managerial job</a> this offseason, Phil Nevin is joining the South Siders <a href="https://x.com/BNightengale/status/1871259455545114801" rel="noopener">as a special assistant</a> in the franchise’s player development department, USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reported on Monday.</p><p>Nightengale added that Nevin will focus on “a number of player development roles, including amateur scouting for the 2025 Draft.” The White Sox will pick <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nationals-news-mlb-world-reacts-washington-no-1-pick-draft-lottery">10th overall in the 2025 MLB Draft</a> after finishing a dismal 41-121 in 2024.</p><p>Nevin comes to Chicago off a two-year stint as manager of the Los Angeles Angels in 2022 and 2023, where he went 119-149, failing to make the playoffs either season. He was reportedly a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-3-possible-candidates-for-white-sox-managerial-job">finalist for the White Sox manager job</a> before the organization hired former Texas Rangers associate manager Will Venable.</p><p>A former No. 1 overall MLB Draft pick, Nevin spent more than a decade in the Major Leagues before starting his MLB coaching career in 2017 as first base coach for the San Francisco Giants. He also spent four years as a third base coach for the New York Yankees before heading to Los Angeles, where he became interim manager after the club fired Joe Maddon.</p><p>With Chicago, Nevin will reunite with three members of his Angels coaching staff. Bullpen coach Matt Wise, hitting coach Marcus Thames, and catching coach Drew Butera are all on staff with the White Sox.</p><h2><b>The prospects Phil Nevin will evaluate with the White Sox</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Chicago-adds-former-Angels-manager-to-front-office-1.jpg"><figcaption>Orlando Ramirez-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The 2025 MLB Draft isn’t until next July, but since the order was determined at the annual winter meetings, mock drafts have been cropping up in every corner of the internet.</p><p>With Nevin playing a major role in scouting, he will look to make the most out of the White Sox’s first-round pick.</p><p><a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/first-full-2025-mlb-mock-draft" rel="noopener">MLB Pipeline released</a> its first mock draft on December 10, where it expects Chicago to take lefty high school pitcher Kruz Schoolcraft. Schoolcraft is just 17 and reclassified to be part of this year’s draft class. Also a first baseman, MLB.com calls him “a <a href="https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2025/draft/kruz-schoolcraft-828244" rel="noopener">legitimate two-way</a> standout” who hits 97 with his fastball and has above-average power at the plate.</p><p>Bleacher Report also did a <a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10146626-2025-mlb-mock-draft-for-every-1st-round-pick-after-draft-lottery-results" rel="noopener">mock draft</a> around the time of the lottery announcement, projecting the White Sox to select Auburn catcher Ike Irish. He hit .325 with a .408 on-base percentage in the Cape Cod League this summer, further legitimizing the 1.030 OPS he put up for the Tigers last season. Bleacher Report’s Joel Reuter adds that Irish is still developing defensively as a catcher.</p><p>Granted, an entire high school and college season still needs to play out before the next draft, so prospect rankings and projections can still swing wildly.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

White Sox add former Angels manager to front office

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/white-sox-news-bullpen-depth-trade-red-sox');   ga('set', 'title', 'White Sox add bullpen depth in trade with Red Sox');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/White-Sox-news-Chicago-adds-bullpen-depth-in-trade-with-Red-Sox.jpg"></figure><h1>White Sox add bullpen depth in trade with Red Sox</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-21T19:00:39-08:00">December 21st, 7:00pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-21T19:15:03-08:00">December 21st, 7:15pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago White Sox sent All-Star starting pitcher <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-news-boston-finalizing-blockbuster-garrett-crochet-trade-white-sox">Garrett Crochet to the Boston Red Sox</a> in a blockbuster trade this offseason. Now the two organizations are collaborating again, agreeing to terms on a slightly less impactful deal.</p><p>Chicago has <a href="https://x.com/CST_soxvan/status/1870621568684200183" rel="noopener">acquired</a> lefty reliever Cam Booser from Boston, per White Sox reporter Daryl Van Schouwen on X. The Red Sox will receive 18-year-old minor leaguer Yhoiker Fajardo in return. In a corresponding move, White Sox’s outfielder Corey Julks was designated for assignment so Booser could be added to the team’s 40-man roster.</p><p>Booser is one of the most interesting players you’ve never heard of. After signing with the Minnesota Twins as an undrafted free agent in 2013, Booser began his professional pitching career in the minors but failed to make it past Single-A ball. As an athlete he endured a broken femur, knee surgery, broken vertebra and labrum surgery before healing up just to be hit by a car that broke his sacrum.</p><p>Still Booser persevered. He returned from the sacrum injury to pitch in High-A but was suspended for 50 games for using cannabis. Ultimately, he decided to take the message and retired in 2017 to work as a carpenter. However, four years later, Booser resurfaced in the independent league. He then got a minor league deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2022, making it all the way to Double-A before the team released him in the middle of the season. He caught on with the Atlantic League and finally signed with the Red Sox in 2023.</p><p>After holding his own with Boston’s Triple-A affiliate, Booser made the 40-man roster in 2024. He then, at long last, made his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/videos/watch/2654/meet-the-31-year-old-mlb-rookie">major-league debut at the age of 31</a>.</p><h2><b>White Sox land left-handed reliever Cam Booser</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Cam-Booser.jpg"><figcaption>Eric Canha-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It being Booser, he was sent back to the minors shortly after. But ultimately he was recalled to Boston and stuck in the majors. And he pitched well for the Red Sox, producing a 3.38 ERA, 1.34 WHIP and 43 strikeouts in 42.2 innings over 43 appearances in 2024.</p><p>Now, the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtr02bwgnqA&amp;t=16s" rel="noopener">Frank Grimes</a> of baseball will be rewarded for his absurd perseverance and remarkable success by being shipped off to the Chicago White Sox.</p><p>The 2024 White Sox were the worst team in modern baseball history. Chicago lost a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/worst-mlb-teams-history-white-sox-record-breaking-season">record-breaking 121 games</a>. And that was with Garrett Crochet pitching well for the team. The season was so awful that White Sox’s owner <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/white-sox-news-jerry-reinsdorf-considering-selling-team-121-loss-season">Jerry Reinsdorf is considering selling the team</a>.</p><p>But overcoming Chicago’s historic ineptitude will be a comparably small challenge for Booser given his path to the majors. Perhaps Booser, who will turn 33 in May of his sophomore season, is exactly the pitcher to help turn the White Sox around.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

White Sox add bullpen depth in trade with Red Sox

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb-rumors-unique-pitch-michael-lorenzen-free-agency');   ga('set', 'title', 'MLB rumors: The unique pitch Michael Lorenzen is giving interested teams in free agency');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12-19-24-Lorenzen-featured.jpeg"></figure><h1>MLB rumors: The unique pitch Michael Lorenzen is giving interested teams in free agency</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-19T10:10:20-08:00">December 19th, 10:10am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-19T10:10:20-08:00">December 19th, 10:10am</time><address><a>David Korn</a>David Korn is an MLB associate editor at ClutchPoints. He is also a producer at MLB Network Radio and covers college basketball for A10Talk. David graduated from George Washington in 2023, where he was the radio play-by-play broadcaster for their Men's and Women's Basketball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago White Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Free agent pitcher <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/royals-news-kc-trades-rangers-michael-lorenzen">Michael Lorenzen went under-the-radar last season</a> and was extremely effective for the Kansas City Royals down the stretch. As Lorenzen navigates free agency, he has a shocking plan to make him a more appealing-option to a few teams.</p><p>Lorenzen and his agent, Ryan Hamill of CAA, are planning to market him as a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6005197/2024/12/19/michael-lorenzen-two-way-player/" rel="noopener">two-way player</a> as a way to circumvent Major League Baseball’s 13-pitcher roster limit according to MLB insider Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.</p><p>“Hamill, according to sources briefed on his conversations, is talking with such clubs about signing Lorenzen, getting him the necessary plate appearances to qualify for two-way status and then flipping him to a contender that would benefit from carrying him as a 14th pitcher,” Rosenthal wrote.</p><p>“Teams that employ large numbers of platoons might not consider keeping an extra pitcher an advantage,” Rosenthal continued. “But teams with fairly set lineups might welcome the spare arm. The Los Angeles Dodgers will be in that position next season if, as expected, Ohtani resumes pitching. If the Dodgers then traded for a two-way Lorenzen, they could choose from among 15 pitchers. Which would be the most Dodgers thing ever.”</p><p>In order to qualify as a two-way player, Lorenzen would need to pitch 20 innings and appear in 20 games as a position player or designated hitter with at least three plate appearances in each game.</p><h2><b>Why Michael Lorenzen would make sense as a two-way player</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12-19-24-lorenzen-image.jpeg"><figcaption>© Peter Aiken-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Rosenthal speculates that rebuilding teams like the Miami Marlins or Chicago White Sox would be potential fits for Lorenzen to sign with as a two-way player, as they are not actively trying to compete and have ample opportunities at designated hitter for Lorenzen to meet to necessary threshold to qualify as a two-way player.</p><p>That way, once Lorenzen qualifies as a two-way player, the Marlins, White Sox, or any other team that signs Lorenzen with the intention of giving him at-bats would be able to trade him to a contender where he would not count against the 13-pitcher limit.</p><p>Before the National League adopted the designated hitter in 2022, Lorenzen had shown that he was a very capable hitter. During the 2018 season with the Cincinnati Reds, Lorenzen hit four home runs in 34 plate appearances. Throughout 147 plate appearances in his career, Lorenzen is slashing slugging .429 with seven home runs and 24 RBI.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/royals-news-michael-lorenzen-big-injury-update-playoffs-draw-near">Lorenzen is a quality arm</a> without the added bonus of the potential production at the plate. Based on the potential haul he would command at the trade deadline as a two-way player should make him a very appealing target for any rebuilding team.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

MLB rumors: The unique pitch Michael Lorenzen is giving interested teams in free agency

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/white-sox-news-chicago-signs-veteran-pitcher-compete-starting-rotation-spot');   ga('set', 'title', 'White Sox sign veteran pitcher to compete for starting rotation spot');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Chicago-signs-veteran-pitcher-to-compete-for-starting-rotation-spot.jpg"></figure><h1>White Sox sign veteran pitcher to compete for starting rotation spot</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-18T11:45:53-08:00">December 18th, 11:45am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-18T11:45:53-08:00">December 18th, 11:45am</time><address><a>Dan Fappiano</a>Dan Fappiano is a Connecticut based sports journalist and a graduate of both Tunxis Community College and Central Connecticut State University. Dan has spent time covering high school and professional sports in both the print and online medium. He hopes to see his beloved Chicago Bears win a Super Bowl someday.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago White Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Coming off of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/white-sox-news-fans-boo-chicago-makes-different-history-expected">their historically bad season</a>, the Chicago White Sox are focused more on the future than competing for a playoff spot. However, as the White Sox evaluate their roster, they’ll now have another starting pitching option to rely on.</p><p>Chicago <a href="https://x.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1869449467298267436" rel="noopener">has signed</a> right-handed pitcher Bryse Wilson to a one-year contract, via Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic. He will make $1.05 million with another $250,000 available in performance bonuses. Furthermore, Wilson will compete for a spot in the White Sox’s rotation.</p><p>The White Sox sent shockwaves throughout their pitching staff <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-news-garrett-crochet-offers-bittersweet-comment-white-sox-trade">when they traded Garrett Crochet</a> to the Boston Red Sox. Now, Chicago is poised to have a plethora of youngsters looking to make a name for themselves. Jonathan Cannon, Drew Thorpe and Sean Burke all all expected to occupy a spot in the rotation. It’s not like Wilson is ancient at just 28-years-old, but he can still offer valuable advice as those pitchers and more try to make the full-time MLB jump.</p><p>Wilson has appeared in 143 games over his seven-year MLB career. He holds a 20-21 record with a 4.61 ERA and a 305/132 K/BB ratio. Wilson played for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2024, operating mainly in a relief role. He held a 4.04 ERA and 82/31 K/BB ratio over 34 appearances. Wilson is looking to switch once again, back into the rotation full-time in 2025.</p><p>For as exciting as Chicago’s young pitching corps might be, they no longer have a safety net without Crochet. Even with the left-hander in the rotation, the White Sox finished their campaign with third-worst ERA in the league at 4.67.</p><p>Bryse Wilson won’t singlehandedly fix the White Sox’s pitching problems. They seem destined to be cellar dweller once against come 2025. However, Wilson was looking for an opportunity to start. Now that he has one in Chicago, the righty will help mentor the next line of pitchers on the South Side. A truly strong performance could see him be used as a trade chip at the deadline.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

White Sox sign veteran pitcher to compete for starting rotation spot

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He grew up in a New York sports-heavy region in Connecticut and earned his journalism degree at the University of Rhode Island. His in-depth knowledge of two of the most passionate and raucous fan bases in the country gives him a truly unique writing voice.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Boston Red Sox were finally able to light a spark in the offseason, and they used a familiar match to do it. In <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/why-garrett-crochet-red-sox-trade-give-white-sox-fans-ptsd">a throwback to the 2016 Chris Sale trade</a>, the front office acquired another left-handed starting pitcher from the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday afternoon. Garrett Crochet is being charged with restoring the American League East squad to a contender, but attaining that type of potential does not come cheap.</p><p>Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow relinquished a hefty haul of young talent for the 2024 All-Star, which includes the <a href="https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/top100/" rel="noopener">No. 25 ranked prospect in MLB</a>. Kyle Teel was tapped to be Boston’s catcher of the future, with his debut expected sometime in 2025, but he is now a core part of the White Sox’s long-term plans. Needless to say, he had to take a few minutes <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2024/12/13/blindsided-by-trade-top-catching-prospect-ryan-teel-says-hes-excited-about-switch-from-w" rel="noopener">to process the huge news</a>.</p><p>“I definitely didn’t see it coming at all,” Teel said, per Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times. “Completely, completely surprised. The emotion I felt was surprise at first but then excited as it settled in. And ready to go.”</p><h2><b>White Sox continue their march toward a hopeful future</b></h2><p>The White Sox already have an acclaimed catcher in Edgar Quero (No. 59 MLB prospect), but Teel’s offensive upside warrants an MLB roster slot in the near future. He batted a hair under .300 while blasting 11 home runs and 60 RBIs in 84 games with the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs last season. While his numbers did dip in Triple-A (.255 batting average and two homers in 123 plate appearances), the talent is undeniable.</p><p>Chicago desperately hopes that Teel can realize his promise in the next few years. The 22-year-old headlines <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/garrett-crochet-trade-grades-for-red-sox-white-sox">a Garrett Crochet trade package</a> that features another first-round draft pick in former Texas A&amp;M star outfielder Braden Montgomery. Opportunities should be plentiful on a team that lost an MLB-record 121 games in 2024.</p><p>The Red Sox escaped the AL East basement, but they still have change to affect. Both franchises are counting on the Crochet move to be the catalyst for a major turnaround. It will be extremely interesting to see how this deal looks when the ink dries in the history books.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Key Garrett Crochet trade piece ‘surprised’ by White Sox move

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/white-sox-news-garrett-crochet-chicago-2024-season-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Garrett Crochet drops NSFW take on White Sox’s 2024 season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/White-Sox-news-Garrett-Crochet-drops-NSFW-take-on-Chicagos-2024-season.jpg"></figure><h1>Garrett Crochet drops NSFW take on White Sox’s 2024 season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-12T16:26:33-08:00">December 12th, 4:26pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-12T16:44:15-08:00">December 12th, 4:44pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-news-boston-finalizing-blockbuster-garrett-crochet-trade-white-sox">Chicago White Sox recently agreed to trade Garrett Crochet to the Boston Red Sox</a>. Crochet had been mentioned in trade rumors over the past year before finally getting dealt to Boston. Chicago struggled mightily in 2024 en route to an all-time bad season, and Crochet <a href="https://x.com/scottmerkin/status/1867328015341945117" rel="noopener">addressed</a> the White Sox’s forgettable campaign after the trade was announced.</p><p>“I remember so many games where I would get in the car on the way home and be like, ‘What the f**k just happened?’ The [Travis] Jankowski robbing the home run,” Crochet said via Scott Merkin of MLB.com. “It was like, ‘Dude, what is going on?'”</p><p>Garrett Crochet is referring to a moment that occurred late in the 2024 season. In late August, White Sox slugger Andrew Vaughn hit what appeared to be a walk-off three-run home run against the Texas Rangers. With the White Sox trailing 4-3 in the bottom of the 9th inning, Vaughn took a big swing and connected, sending the ball to left field.</p><p>However, Rangers outfielder Travis Jankowski robbed Vaughn of a home run, ultimately taking a potential victory away from Chicago.</p><p>The Rangers would hold on to win 4-3.</p><p>Video via Talkin’ Baseball:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">TRAVIS JANKOWSKI SAVES THE GAME OMG <a href="https://t.co/qXeFic8lHu">pic.twitter.com/qXeFic8lHu</a></p><p>— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) <a href="https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1828989577530368450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The White Sox finished the season with an alarmingly bad 41-121 record. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/garrett-crochet-trade-grades-for-red-sox-white-sox">Crochet is set to join a Red Sox team</a> that went 81-81 this past season. Boston hopes to improve in 2025, but the deal represents an upgrade for Crochet.</p><p>However, the trade will also lead to more pressure. Fenway Park is not an easy ball park to pitch in. Additionally, Boston offers a large market with intense fans. It will be a change for Crochet, but he is ready for the challenge.</p><p>The Red Sox are looking to make further upgrades as well, as they hope to make a 2025 postseason run. The Garrett Crochet addition will unquestionably help Boston take a step forward, though.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Garrett Crochet drops NSFW take on White Sox’s 2024 season

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/why-garrett-crochet-red-sox-trade-give-white-sox-fans-ptsd');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Garrett Crochet Red Sox trade will give White Sox fans PTSD');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Why-Garrett-Crochet-Red-Sox-trade-will-give-White-Sox-fans-PTSD.jpg"></figure><h1>Why Garrett Crochet Red Sox trade will give White Sox fans PTSD</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-11T18:44:16-08:00">December 11th, 6:44pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-11T18:44:16-08:00">December 11th, 6:44pm</time><address><a>Kendall Capps</a>Kendall Capps is a multi-media journalist and editor who is overly passionate about all sports (to his wife's dismay). He's a Senior Editor at ClutchPoints who previously managed SB Nation's golf vertical. He has also done work for FantasyPros and co-hosted the Lay The Points podcast as part of a decade-long career in sports entertainment.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago White Sox are coming off the worst season in the franchise’s history. They lost a record 121 games in 2024, including losing 21 games in a row. Clearly, this team will have no immediate success and, therefore, is looking to the future. With that in mind, they pulled off the biggest trade of Major League Baseball’s offseason thus far.</p><p>On Wednesday, the White Sox completed a blockbuster trade, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-news-boston-finalizing-blockbuster-garrett-crochet-trade-white-sox">sending All-Star pitcher Garrett Crochet to the Boston Red Sox</a> in exchange for four talented prospects.</p><p>Boston sent over highly touted catching prospect Kyle Teel, outfielder Braden Montgomery, infielder Chase Meidroth, and right-hander Wikelman Gonzalez. The White Sox already boasted one of the deeper farm systems behind the plate. The acquisition of Teel strengthens that further.</p><p>But if the White Sox were expecting a player ready to make a large impact immediately in the big leagues, they might be waiting a bit. Teel is the closest to game-ready. He has the tools but not the pedigree and experience.</p><p>If this trade sounds a little familiar, it is because it should. Seven years ago, the White Sox made an eerily similar trade with Boston. They shipped Chris Sale to the Red Sox in exchange for four top prospects.</p><h2><b>White Sox’s Garrett Crochet trade reeks of Chris Sale deal</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Garrett-Crochet-throwing-pitch-for-White-Sox.jpg"><figcaption>© Orlando Ramirez-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>In 2016, the White Sox completed a different blockbuster trade with the Red Sox. They sent their lefty ace, Chris Sale, to Boston. The Red Sox were in win-now mode, and Chicago was looking to rebuild. So, they brought in an elite left starting pitcher at age 28.</p><p>I don’t have to tell you how old Crochet is. I am sure you can guess.</p><p>Of course, Sale helped the Red Sox win the 2018 World Series as their ace. Boston will hope for the same outcome, except this time, it came with even less risk.</p><p>The White Sox did not even acquire <a href="https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/redsox" rel="noopener">one of the top three prospects</a> in Boston’s farm system. Those spots are reserved for outfielder Roman Anthony, shortstop Marcelo Mayer, and utility man Kristian Campbell. Teel was the highest-ranked prospect at No. 4.</p><p>At least in the Sale trade, Chicago landed top prospects. But even that did not work out as planned.</p><p>Michael Kopech was the highest-rated prospect back then. He failed miserably as a starting pitcher for the White Sox. They eventually moved him to the bullpen before <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-grading-cardinals-white-sox-michal-kopech-tommy-edman-trade">trading him to the Los Angeles Dodgers</a> this season. Ironically, Kopech then helped the Dodgers win a World Series as an integral part of their pen.</p><p>The White Sox also acquired Yoan Moncada as part of that deal. He did manage to lead the league in something once: strikeouts in 2018. All jokes aside, Moncada has been an utter disaster in Chicago. He is <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/moncayo01.shtml" rel="noopener">a career .254 hitter</a> and has hit more than 17 home runs once in his eight seasons.</p><p>The other two prospects are not even worth mentioning. In essence, the Red Sox received the most dominant pitcher in the game at the time for peanuts. Far too often in baseball, teams ship off elite players for the promise of prospects emerging. The Pittsburgh Pirates are masters at it. But it rarely works out for that team.</p><p>Now, Crochet is not a Sale, at least not yet. But the talent is undeniable, and he may just be a perennial All-Star. The hope is that at least one of the prospects pops up at some point in the future.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Garrett Crochet Red Sox trade will give White Sox fans PTSD

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/red-sox-news-craig-breslow-garrett-crochet-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Craig Breslow breaks silence on Red Sox-Garrett Crochet trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12-11-24-breslow-crochet-featured.jpeg"></figure><h1>Craig Breslow breaks silence on Red Sox-Garrett Crochet trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-11T16:59:37-08:00">December 11th, 4:59pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-11T17:15:12-08:00">December 11th, 5:15pm</time><address><a>David Korn</a>David Korn is an MLB associate editor at ClutchPoints. He is also a producer at MLB Network Radio and covers college basketball for A10Talk. David graduated from George Washington in 2023, where he was the radio play-by-play broadcaster for their Men's and Women's Basketball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Boston Red Sox added arguably the best available starting pitcher this offseason when they <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-news-boston-finalizing-blockbuster-garrett-crochet-trade-white-sox">struck a blockbuster deal with the Chicago White Sox for Garrett Crochet</a>. After missing out on free agents like Blake Snell, Willy Adames, Juan Soto and Max Fried, the Red Sox made a huge splash in the trade market.</p><p>Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow addressed <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2024/12/11/red-sox-to-acquire-white-sox-ace-garrett-crochet-in-trade/76925298007/" rel="noopener">the trade</a> after it was made official on Wednesday per USA Today’s Bob Nightengale.</p><p>“We feel like we got a legitimate No. 1 starter in Garrett,” Breslow said. “Left-handed, ton of swing and miss, massive strikeouts and feel like the best is still in front of him. So we’re excited about what he brings. And obviously, we needed to trade really good players in order to be able to do this.”</p><p>“But that’s the cost right now and we’re very much focused on what we were able to get,” Breslow continued.</p><p>In order to get Crochet, the Red Sox had to give up four prospects headlined by catcher Kyle Teel. The 22-year-old Teel was the Red Sox’s No. 4 prospect and the No. 25 prospect in all of baseball according to MLB Pipeline. Outfielder Braden Montgomery, the Red Sox’s No. 5 prospect and baseball’s No. 54 prospect, infielder Chase Meidroth, the Red Sox’s No. 11 prospect and RHP Wikelman Gonzalez, the Red Sox’s No. 14 prospect were the other players included in the trade.</p><p>Breslow is correct, the cost to acquire Crochet was high. But, it is clear that a package like this is what it takes in order to trade for a young ace.</p><h2><b>Why the Boston Red Sox traded for Garrett Crochet</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12-11-24-crochet-image.jpeg"><figcaption>© Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Despite playing for the historically-bad White Sox, Crochet was still able to put together an impressive 2024 season, his first as a full-time starting pitcher.</p><p>Named an All-Star in 2024, the 25-year-old lefty recorded a 3.58 ERA and had a stunning 12.9 SO/9. With an elite fastball-slider-cutter pitch-mix, Crochet has some of the most un-hittable stuff in all of baseball.</p><p>With two years of team control left before he becomes an un-restricted free agent, the question for the Red Sox will be when, or if, they begin to approach Crochet about a potential extension. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/white-sox-news-garrett-crochet-trade-chris-getz">Crochet made headlines when he said</a> that if he was traded at this year’s deadline, he would not pitch in the postseason unless he had signed an extension.</p><p>The Red Sox still have some holes on their roster, and have the flexibility to continue to pursue trades or spend in free agency. They are expected to pursue at least one more starting pitcher, some bullpen arms and a right-handed bat.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Craig Breslow breaks silence on Red Sox-Garrett Crochet trade

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Derek was previously a fantasy football expert at DK and SB Nation, and he has been featured at FanSided, USA Today, NBC Sports, The New York Post, and others.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago White Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In the wake of the enormous trade that has sent <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-news-boston-finalizing-blockbuster-garrett-crochet-trade-white-sox">Chicago White Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet</a> to the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday, there has been chatter over <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2024/12/11/red-sox-to-acquire-white-sox-ace-garrett-crochet-in-trade/76925298007/" rel="noopener">what led to</a> Chicago’s front office moving forward with the transaction.</p><p>“This is a deal that was above what we could have gotten at the deadline from our evaluations,” White Sox GM Chris Getz said. “That more or less set the bar for us. It wasn’t met at the deadline, and we feel like we went past that.”</p><p>As per the deal, the White Sox receive four of Boston’s top-ranked 15 prospects, including “two of the top 60 prospects in baseball,” according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today.</p><p>“It’s never easy to have to make decisions like this,” Getz said. “Garrett, what he did this past season was nothing short of excellent. But when you look at the long-term health of the organization, and to inject the type of talent that we just did in this trade, is really exciting for us.</p><p>“We talk about accelerating a rebuild. This was a deal that we feel like can do that.”</p><p>The White Sox are headed for a rebuild following a last place finish at 41-121, and it appears that they have been planning to jettison Crochet’s contract before he entered free agency in 2026.</p><h2><b>Garrett Crochet’s future after leaving White Sox</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Garrett-Crochet_f99a68.jpg"><figcaption>Orlando Ramirez-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Crochet will enter his sixth MLB season at only 25 years old. He’s expected to become on of the key members <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/garrett-crochet-trade-grades-for-red-sox-white-sox">of the Red Sox bullpen</a>, along with the exciting offseason addition of Aroldis Chapman.</p><p>“We feel like we got a legitimate No. 1 starter in Garrett,” Red Sox GM Craig Breslow told Boston reporters, per Nightengale. “Left-handed, ton of swing and miss, massive strikeouts and feel like the best is still in front of him. So we’re excited about what he brings. And obviously, we needed to trade really good players in order to be able to do this.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

White Sox GM explains thought process behind Garrett Crochet-Red Sox trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/garrett-crochet-trade-grades-for-red-sox-white-sox');   ga('set', 'title', 'Garrett Crochet trade grades for Red Sox, White Sox');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/0Garrett-Crochet-trade-grades-for-Red-Sox-White-Sox0.jpg"></figure><h1>Garrett Crochet trade grades for Red Sox, White Sox</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-11T12:54:41-08:00">December 11th, 12:54pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-11T12:54:41-08:00">December 11th, 12:54pm</time><address><a>Brayden Haena</a>Brayden Haena is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. A die-hard San Francisco Giants fan and a football fanatic, Brayden further channels his baseball enthusiasm through his podcast, where he delves into the latest in sports with engaging commentary. He also serves as the Defensive Coordinator for Heritage High School. His commitment to sports journalism is evident in his diverse experiences with ContraCosta.news and his dedication to delivering compelling and insightful content.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Boston Red Sox, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mets-next-move-to-make-after-giving-juan-soto-765-million-contract">after missing out on high-profile free agents like Juan Soto</a> and Max Fried, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-news-boston-finalizing-blockbuster-garrett-crochet-trade-white-sox">made a bold move by trading for left-hander Garrett Crochet</a> from the Chicago White Sox. While acquiring a frontline starter fills a glaring need, the price the Red Sox paid—a package <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42914221/sources-red-sox-finalizing-trade-garrett-crochet" rel="noopener">headlined by top prospects</a> Kyle Teel and Braden Montgomery—leaves room for debate. Here, we grade the trade from both perspectives: the Red Sox and the White Sox.</p><h2>Red Sox get their ace after missing out on big-name free agents</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Garrett-Crochet.jpg"><figcaption>Orlando Ramirez-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>For the Red Sox, this trade represents a high-risk, high-reward gamble. Crochet has the potential to anchor Boston’s rotation and lead the team back to contention, but the price paid—and the uncertainty surrounding his long-term future—casts a shadow over the deal.</p><p>Meanwhile, the White Sox emerge as clear winners in this exchange. By securing a package headlined by Teel and Montgomery, they’ve bolstered their farm system significantly while avoiding the risk of Crochet leaving in free agency.</p><p>Ultimately, this trade reflects the differing priorities of both franchises. Boston’s urgency to win now contrasts sharply with Chicago’s focus on building for the future. While it may take years to evaluate this deal fully, the early returns suggest that the White Sox got the better end of the bargain.</p><h2>Red Sox trade grade: <b>C+</b></h2><p>The Red Sox entered the offseason with a desperate need for an ace. Their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-red-sox-dylan-cease-trade-max-fried">failure to land Soto and Fried left the front office scrambling</a> for an impactful addition to avoid another disappointing season. Garrett Crochet, a 25-year-old southpaw with electric stuff, checks many boxes. Last season, he transitioned from the bullpen to the rotation and thrived, posting a <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/12/11/sports/red-sox-acquiring-white-sox-ace-garrett-crochet-in-blockbuster-trade/" rel="noopener">3.58 ERA</a> with 209 strikeouts in 146 innings. With a fastball sitting at 97 mph and a devastating slider, Crochet brings immediate credibility to a rotation that has lacked a true No. 1 starter.</p><p>From a financial perspective, Crochet’s arbitration status makes him a cost-effective addition. Projected to earn around $3 million in 2025, he is under team control through 2026. This provides Boston with some payroll flexibility to address other areas of need.</p><p>However, the cost to acquire Crochet was steep. Catching prospect Kyle Teel, ranked 25th on <a href="https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects" rel="noopener">MLB’s Top 100 list</a>, is seen as MLB-ready and could soon make an impact for the White Sox. Braden Montgomery, a switch-hitting outfielder with power and strong arm strength, is another significant piece, ranked 54th overall. Adding infielder Chase Meidroth and right-hander Wikelman Gonzalez rounds out a package that strips Boston of depth in its farm system.</p><p>The success of this trade hinges on Boston’s ability to sign Crochet to a long-term extension. If the left-hander reaches free agency after 2026 without a deal in place, the Red Sox risk losing one of their best assets in recent memory. Additionally, Crochet’s injury history, including Tommy John surgery in 2022, raises durability concerns, especially as he takes on a full starter’s workload.</p><p>While Crochet undeniably strengthens the rotation, the Red Sox’s gamble on his potential and health, coupled with the loss of high-ceiling prospects, makes this trade a risky bet.</p><h2>White Sox trade grade: <b>B+</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Kyle-Teel.jpg"><figcaption>Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>For the White Sox, the decision to part ways with Crochet was not made lightly. The lefty was one of the few bright spots in a challenging 2024 season. However, with Crochet’s free agency looming in 2026 and a rebuild underway, the White Sox opted to cash in on his value now rather than risk losing him for less later.</p><p>The centerpiece of the return, Kyle Teel, gives Chicago a premium prospect at a position of need. Teel’s combination of defensive prowess and offensive potential makes him one of the best young catchers in baseball. Pairing him with fellow prospect Edgar Quero gives the White Sox an enviable duo behind the plate.</p><p>Braden Montgomery adds further upside to Chicago’s farm system. The 21-year-old outfielder brings power from both sides of the plate and elite arm strength, projecting as a potential middle-of-the-order bat. While infielder Chase Meidroth lacks standout power, his plate discipline and versatility make him a valuable depth piece. Right-hander Wikelman Gonzalez, with a mid-90s fastball and a four-pitch mix, provides additional upside for a team in need of young pitching.</p><p>This trade also gives the White Sox financial flexibility. By moving Crochet, the White Sox free up around $3 million in payroll, which can be reinvested in other areas. While Crochet’s talent is undeniable, the White Sox capitalized on a desperate Red Sox team, extracting a package that accelerates their rebuild without depleting their MLB roster.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Garrett Crochet trade grades for Red Sox, White Sox

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He has also worked at Spectrum News One in Albany, New York and with The Hockey Writers as a New York Islanders writer. Chris is originally from Connecticut and is a lifelong New York Yankees, Islanders, and Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago White Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago White Sox just had the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/white-sox-news-jerry-reinsdorf-considering-selling-team-121-loss-season">worst season in AL/NL history with 121 losses</a>. They are entering a complete rebuild that should have them in the basement again. On Wednesday. they traded starter Garrett Crochet to the Boston Red Sox for a massive haul of prospects. The White Sox must trade centerfielder Luis Robert Jr to get their rebuild started.</p><p>Robert is 27 years old and <a href="https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/player/_/id/22648/luis-robert-jr" rel="noopener">could have up</a> to three years of team control. With a club option that could keep him in a new place until age 30, he could bring in a massive haul for the White Sox. Trading him is the easiest decision Chris Getz has to make this offseason. When a player has value like Robert and you are entering a rebuild, you have to make the trade.</p><p>The issue with Robert is that he is injury-prone. He has played over 100 games only once in his career, 145 in 2023. His 100 games this season is his second-highest total but it was his worst offensive season. It would be a risky trade but so was Crochet and that still landed them four of the Red Sox’ top 15 prospects.</p><p>Who should the White Sox call to make the Luis Robert trades? The big market team lurking without a big offseason move so far.</p><h2><b>White Sox should trade Luis Robert Jr to the Phillies</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/uis-Robert-with-CWS.jpg"><figcaption>Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/phillies-news-philadelphia-slapped-harsh-reality-playoff-dud-mets">Philadelphia Phillies faltered in the National League Division Series</a> to the New York Mets. Their strong offensive core fell flat again and they should make trades to fix things. They have a ton of money staked in this roster and should look for a low-cost acquisition to bolster their lineup.</p><p>Luis Robert is the perfect fit because the Phillies do not have an entrenched starter in center field. They have a stocked infield and Nick Castellanos in a corner, but nobody to man the middle. Brandon Marsh and Johan Rojas were not great in that role last year and would be better served as depth options. The White Sox have this great centerfielder who fits the need of a big-market contender. The move should be made.</p><p>The Phillies should also be motivated by the recent moves in their division. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mets-news-carlos-mendoza-sends-message-after-new-york-land-juan-soto">Mets added Juan Soto</a> after beating the Fightins in the playoffs. And the Braves will always be the Braves, even after losing Max Fried. While Robert is not Soto, adding him can at least close the gap between Philly and New York.</p><p>In this situation, the Phillies would pick up the club options for 2026 and 2027. They can send big prospects to the White Sox and make sure they keep Robert around for a longer time. Teams may be hesitant to trade for one-year rentals after the Yankees lost out on Soto. Philly would not want to fall into that trap and start a three-year relationship with Robert.</p><h2><b>Who would the Phillies send over? </b></h2><p>When assessing what the White Sox will ask for, you have to look at their haul from the Garrett Crochet trade. They picked up a catcher, Kyle Teel, outfielder Braden Montgomery, infielder Chase Meidroth, and pitcher Wikelman Gonzalez. That is a fairly diverse haul, so they can ask for anything from the Phillies.</p><p>Johan Rojas would be a great first piece to go over. He is a young player working to find his legs in the pros. At some point, the White Sox need an MLB-caliber player. Rojas can be that. Griffin Burkholder is a 6-foot-2 outfielder who should be the centerpiece of this deal. Mick Abel is an MLB-ready pitcher and he could be the big piece that pushes this deal over the edge.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

The Luis Robert trade White Sox must make after dealing Garret Crochet

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He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP,  he's writing sports betting predictions for numerous sites across North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-soxs-2-best-juan-soto-backup-plans">After missing out on Juan Soto and Max Fried</a>, the Boston Red Sox have made a splash.</p><p>The AL East ball club is <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1866919224792305876" rel="noopener">finalizing a trade</a> for Chicago White Sox ace Garrett Crochet. Via Jeff Passan:</p><p>“BREAKING: The Boston Red Sox are finalizing a trade to acquire left-hander Garrett Crochet from the Chicago White Sox, sources tell ESPN. The deal is in the medical phase. Not official, but trending toward it.”</p><p>This is the definition of a blockbuster for Boston. Crochet is one of the best starters in the game and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-white-soxs-garrett-crochet-trade-talks-get-update-as-winter-meetings-arrive">has been on the trade market for the entire offseason so far</a>, with numerous suitors.</p><p>Passan also reported that numerous prospects are heading back to Chicago in the deal. The Red Sox have one of the deepest systems in the big leagues. Here’s <a href="https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1866921358577275272" rel="noopener">the full package</a>, per Ken Rosenthal:</p><p>“White Sox acquiring Garrett Crochet from Red Sox for catcher Kyle Teel, outfielder Braden Montgomery, infielder Chase Meidroth and right-hander Wikelman Gonzalez, sources tell The Athletic.”</p><p>Teel and Montgomery are top-five prospects for Boston. Teel is expected to make his MLB debut next season, while Montgomery is much younger and will be more of a project for the rebuilding White Sox.</p><p>Crochet had a solid 2024 campaign for Chicago, posting a 3.58 ERA. While his 6-12 record doesn’t exactly look great, the southpaw struck out 209 hitters in 146 innings of work while walking just 33. Crochet was named an All-Star for the first time in his young career. Last season was his first as a member of a big league rotation.</p><p>The former Tennessee Volunteer is under team control until 2026 and will immediately become the Red Sox ace. He averaged 97.2 MPH on his fastball in ’24 and led the MLB in strikeout rate at 35.1%. Crochet will headline a rotation rounded out by Kutter Crawford, Brayan Bello, Tanner Houck, and Richard Fitts or Cooper Criswell. Lucas Giolito will also return at some point in 2025 after undergoing Tommy John.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Red Sox pull off blockbuster Garrett Crochet trade with White Sox

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