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By Tim Crowley
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The Boston Red Sox have an ace moving forward and plenty of young pitching depth. Now, the need is to pair another frontline starter with Garrett Crochet.
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Boston traded four prospects last winter to the Chicago White Sox to acquire and extend Crochet, who rewarded the Red Sox with a Cy Young Award-caliber season. Boston also saw the development of young arms in Richard Fitts, Hunter Dobbins, Payton Tolle and Connelly Early among others who can fill spots at the back of the rotation. Kutter Crawford, who missed the 2025 season with multiple injuries, will also factor into that group.
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Brayan Bello makes sense as a quality No. 3 starter. The Red Sox now need to solidify the group with a legitimate upgrade for the No. 2 spot. Boston swirled in rumors with Minnesota Twins starter Joe Ryan at the trade deadline. That conversation should be revisited this winter. Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow certainly knows if Boston is to add another starter, that's the baseline of production to seek out.
"What I think we need to do and what we'll do over the course of the offseason is take a step back and really recognize what type of potential pitching acquisitions really move the needle for us because we do have what I would suggest is a strong group of pitching depth," Breslow said on NESN's "310 To Left" podcast. "We want to make sure that any additions that we make actually improve our team.
Adding another All-Star arm between Crochet and Bello is the next step in qualifying the Red Sox as World Series contenders once again.
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