Red Sox’s Garrett Crochet injury to play an impact on what Boston does at trade deadline

I was always a bit worried that left-hander Garrett Crochet was eventually going to deal with an injury, and I don't mean that in a bad way. The unfortunate part about Crochet is that while he's arguably the best pitcher in the world when he's at his best, not being a full-time starter and then coming in to give a team a bunch of innings typically doesn't end well. 

Prior to the 2024 campaign, he hadn't thrown more than 54.1 innings once in his entire career. Fast forward to 2025, and the left-hander threw 205.1 innings. Now, the left-hander is currently dealing with an injury, and with the Red Sox being one of the worst teams in baseball, it'll definitely have an impact on them.

Boston wasn't expected to be a seller entering the season, but because of how poorly they've played and Crochet's injury, it'll definitely impact what the Red Sox want to do, according to most.

“The Red Sox have played slightly better ball since moving on from Alex Cora and much of his coaching staff, but they're still mired in last place in the AL East. A team built around run prevention is going to need Crochet back and at his best in order to get back into the hunt.

"Right now, though, Crochet's future is very much up in the air, at least in the near term, and that only increases the odds that Boston is selling by the trade deadline,” Chris Landers of FanSided wrote.

The Red Sox are really going to have to decide whether they want to improve at the trade deadline for the future or move pieces to strengthen their farm system. 

Frankly, I don't think Boston needs many other young guys. If anything, I'd try to keep improving around players like Crochet and hope that he gets healthy in the future to put this team back in a position to start winning games at a high level.

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