All the smoke, which rose and rose for months, surrounding a Garrett Crochet trade finally materialized into fire on Wednesday. The White Sox sent him away. Not to Philadelphia. To Boston.
It wasn’t for lack of effort on the Phillies’ part, at least if you date back to the summer. That’s when the Phillies were most aggressive in their pursuit of the All-Star southpaw — and when, according to The Athletic’s Matt Gelb, the team offered prized prospect Aidan Miller in a return package for Crochet that also included Justin Crawford along with lower-level prospects.