In the major league winter meetings held in Arlington, Boston managed and big move by getting the left-handed pitcher Garrett Crochetwho now has to change his ‘Sox’.
It’s a Much-needed move for Red Sox who came to Texas with the urgency of restarting their body of openers. To get the streamer Boston traded four prospects (their two most recent first-round picks, catcher Kyle Teel and outfielder Braden Montgomery, as well as right-hander Wikelman González and infielder Chase Meidroth) to Chicago for Crochet, closing the door on months of trade speculation around the game for one of the most coveted young arms in baseball, giving the Red Sox the top-line starter they have been missing in recent seasons.
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Crochet is only 25 years old y He is coming off the best season of his young career. He started 32 games for the modest White Soxwith a record of 6-12 and an ERA of 3.58 that talks about how good he was even though his team finished with the worst record (41-121) in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB).
HIS GREAT SEASON TOOK HIM TO THE STAR GAME
Crochet was including in it American League All-Star Team on the way to finish the season with 209 strikeouts in just 146 innings. The 12.9 strikeouts per nine innings were a rate that placed him among the best baseball pitchers.
According to him gerente general de White Sox, Chris Getzwith five teams in the running for Crochet down the stretch, talks took a turn Tuesday night, shortly after free agent Max Fried signed an eight-year, $218 million contract with the New York Yankees. .
Crochet is especially valuable due to its contractual status. Has contract for two seasons for less than a million dollars in each of them.
THE ARRIVAL OF JUAN SOTO IS OFFICIALIZED
Through their social media accounts, Mets welcomed slugger Juan Sotowho they signed for 15 years and 765 million dollarsthe largest contract of all time in MLB. Mets snatched Soto from Yankees in a million-dollar auction.
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