The Purple Sox aren’t taking this offseason off.
On Wednesday, Boston matched New York’s free-agency acquisition of beginning pitcher Max Fried by touchdown its personal gifted pitcher, former White Sox starter Garrett Crochet.
After final offseason, that is a welcome improvement in Beantown.
In 2024, Crochet went 6-12 with a 3.58 earned run common (ERA) in 32 begins. Crochet had 209 strikeouts whereas issuing solely 33 walks in 146 innings pitched.
One of many solely brilliant spots on Chicago’s traditionally terrible 2024 group, the lefty has one of many league’s most dominant fastballs.
Per Baseball Savant, Crochet ranked within the 98th percentile in fastball run worth and had a mean fastball velocity of 97.2 mph.
His chase fee (33.5 p.c) and whiff fee (33.1 p.c) had been among the many finest within the majors, as was his 35.1 p.c strikeout fee.
In including Crochet, the Purple Sox traded a number of prospects — together with catcher Kyle Teel, outfielder Braden Montgomery, infielder Chase Meidroth and right-handed pitcher Wikelman Gonzalez — to the White Sox, per MLB insider Ken Rosenthal.
