According to the Boston Globe's Alex Speier, the Red Sox and White Sox began discussing Crochet last offseason before the pitcher had moved from the bullpen to the rotation. Then, when talks re-opened at the trade deadline, Chicago was looking for "a package built around Roman Anthony and Marcelo Mayer."

The Boston Red Sox clearly put a focus on adding pitching this offseason. Boston entered the offseason with three clear needs. The Red Sox entered the offseason needing to add top-tier starting pitching,

The Boston Red Sox traded for Garrett Crochet from the Chicago White Sox this offseason. After a year as the ace of the worst team in baseball history, Crochet is now in the American League East. He is the biggest addition Boston has made this offseason and will have high expectations.