The Boston Red Sox will be looking for starting pitching this offseason, as they look to go from third place in the division to World Series contenders this offseason.
While Boston may find an intriguing option in free agency, they also have a ton of young talent that they could use for a trade to acquire an ace with some term left on their contract.
On Saturday, Bleacher Report put together a trade framework between the Red Sox and Chicago White Sox. In this deal, Boston would send Roman Anthony, Franklin Arias and David Sandlin to Chicago for Garrett Crochet and Luis Robert Jr.
This would be a massive trade, as the Red Sox would be giving up the top prospect in baseball (Anthony), another top 100 prospect (Arias) and their second-best pitching prospect (via. SoxProspects ).
However, Crochet has been in his four healthy seasons, posting a 3.29 ERA and a 1.155 WHIP while striking out 12.1 batters per nine innings. 2024 was his first as a starter, and he earned his first All-Star nomination.