The context behind Garrett Crochet’s trade request: The Red Sox added a potential ace in the offseason when left-hander Garrett Crochet was added in a trade with the White Sox.
Crochet, 25, is highly talented, but only has 32 starts in his MLB career. Given that, it may have seemed to some as presumptuous that he would seek a contract extension from any team that traded for him prior to Chicago making the deal in December. While good business from a personal standpoint, it may have limited the number of potential trade partners for the White Sox.