An enticing blockbuster trade proposal has the Chicago White Sox dealing All-Star pitcher Garrett Crochet to a National League playoff contender.
The 25-year-old Garrett Crochet has been among the top names mentioned in trade rumors leading up to Tuesday’s trade deadline. The White Sox hold baseball’s worst record by a country mile (27-80) and figure to be one of the busiest teams over these next 48 hours.
Crochet is one of the few valuable trade chips the White Sox have. With a weak farm system, the front office will surely seek quality prospects in return for the 6-foot-6 southpaw who just earned his first career All-Star selection.
Mike Axisa of CBS Sports recently shared 10 bold predictions for the second half of the 2024 MLB season. One of Axisa’s predictions has Chicago sending Garrett Crochet to the surging New York Mets, who are just half a game up on the Arizona Diamondbacks for the NL’s final wild card spot:
“We’re going to say the Mets will add Crochet, use him as a reliever the rest of 2024, then move him back into the rotation in 2025 (and also 2026). They’ll outbid the Astros, Dodgers, et al, with a package that includes former top prospect Brett Baty, righty Brandon Sproat, catcher Kevin Parada, plus other stuff. Crochet to the Mets at the deadline. It has been foretold.”
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Garrett Crochet is 6-7 over his first 21 starts of 2024, with an impressive 3.07 ERA and 157 strikeouts in 111.1 innings pitched. Crochet has also surrendered just 10 homers and 25 walks.
Getting Garrett Crochet Would Make Mets A World Series Threat
Right now, the Mets are a borderline playoff team in a tight race with the Diamondbacks, St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres for the three wild card berths.
The Mets have one of the best rotations in the NL, led by Luis Severino, José Quintana and Sean Manaea. But when it comes to October baseball, the team with the best pitching wins far more often than not.
If the Mets could somehow land Crochet, they would have four quality starters atop their rotation. His arrival would make the Mets that much more dangerous to the Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies, who are currently heads-and-shoulders above the rest of the National League.
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