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The Boston Red Sox already have four quality arms in their starting rotation and perhaps a fifth if Nick Pivetta\u00a0accepts his qualifying offer.<\/p>\n
But Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow isn\u2019t satisfied with the unit as currently constituted.<\/p>\n
Sure, Tanner Houck turned into an All-Star last season and Brayan Bello, Kutter Crawford and Lucas Giolito, who missed all of the 2024 campaign due to Tommy John surgery, are reliable options, but Breslow knows something is missing on the staff.<\/p>\n
What is that exactly? Well, a frontline starter and Breslow seems determined to acquire one this offseason.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we have to,\u201d Breslow\u00a0told reporters, per The Boston Globe\u2019s Alex Speier. \u201cWe have lofty goals. We know we need to raise the ceiling of the rotation. I think there are a lot of ways to do that, but we\u2019re going to be really, really open-minded.\u201d<\/p>\n
Breslow\u00a0could go through free agency to sign an ace with pitchers like Corbin Burnes, Blake Snell, Max Fried available on the open market or he could turn toward pulling off a trade. It seems the latter at the moment is his preferred method to obtaining an elite arm.<\/p>\n
According to MassLive\u2019s Sean McAdam, the Red Sox are \u201cright in the thick of things\u201d when it comes to trading for Chicago White Sox star Garrett Crochet. Crochet, who posted a 3.58 ERA and 209 strikeouts in 146 innings, is a coveted asset with the Baltimore Orioles, San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers also reportedly interested in the 25-year-old left-hander.<\/p>\n
Whether it\u2019s via a trade or through free agency, Breslow and the Red Sox are going to have to outbid fellow suitors to get the type of high-caliber pitcher they need.<\/p>\n
But it appears Breslow is willing to do what he needs to in an effort to check a major item off Boston\u2019s offseason to-do list.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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