The Boston Red Sox have a lot of boxes to check on their offseason to-do list, but finding a clear No. 2 starter to pick up some slack behind Garrett Crochet should be near the top of it.
The Red Sox have a logjam in their outfield and one of the strongest farm systems in the league to potentially trade with, and last winter's Crochet trade has reporters and fans expecting another massive move from chief baseball officer Craig Breslow. Boston has been named a fit for a fair few top pitcher trade candidates, including the Minnesota Twins' Joe Ryan, the Detroit Tigers' Tarik Skubal, the Cincinnati Reds' Hunter Greene, and most recently, the Milwaukee Brewers' Freddy Peralta.