The Red Sox are lastly making a giant splash.
After lacking out on quite a few high-profile free brokers together with Juan Soto and Max Fried, the Red Sox are in settlement on a commerce for White Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet, The Post’s Joel Sherman confirmed.
Catching prospect Kyle Teel might be headed again to Chicago within the commerce, Sherman reported.
The White Sox are additionally getting outfielder Braden Montgomery, infielder Chase Meidroth and right-hander Wikelman Gonzalez, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed.
Crochet was an All-Star final yr.
Although he had a 6-12 document on a woeful White Sox staff, he had a 3.58 ERA and 1.068 WHIP.
Teel is probably the most coveted prospect within the commerce — he’s presently ranked twenty fifth on MLB’s prime 100 listing.
Montgomery is ranked 54th, whereas Meidroth and Gonzalez aren’t on the listing.
There had been angst in Red Sox nation after the staff misplaced out in pursuits of Soto, Fried and Shane Bieber.
Boston mega-fan Bill Simmons posted a collection of screenshots mocking how the staff was “significantly” going after these gamers.
Lou Merloni, a former Red Sox infielder who’s now a talkshow host for WEEI, urged the staff to go after former Cy Young award winner Corbin Burnes.
“So it’s [Toronto, San Franciso] and Boston?? SF scares me. Just want a win,” Merloni mentioned on X. “Absolutely want Burnes. After that, they’ll fiddle with the Bullpen, Depth arms, and seize a bat, any bat. Doesn’t matter however they want a man on prime of this Rotation to be what they wish to be.”
The Red Sox went 81-81 and missed the playoffs final season.
