If the Red Sox want to play October baseball in 2025, odds are they’ll need to add at least one top-of-the-rotation pitcher to the roster this winter.
Boston already has the framework of a steady starting rotation in place with Tanner Houck, Kutter Crawford, and Brayan Bello all expected back. The return of free-agent signing Lucas Giolito — who missed the entire 2024 season due to elbow surgery — is also a welcome development.
But Giolito is already doing what he can to help out the 2025 Red Sox, with the 30-year-old righty admitting on the “Baseball Isn’t Boring” podcast this week that he’s already made a pitch to his former high-school teammate, Max Fried.