Perhaps the most important assignment this offseason for Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow is to acquire a proven No. 2 starting pitcher.
With Garrett Crochet at the top of Boston’s rotation, the Red Sox have a top-five starting pitcher and a few promising young starters around him. What if, rather than a No. 2, Breslow got wild and went after another ace to pair with Crochet? Yes, Tarik Skubal-Red Sox buzz has already begun, and it’s only getting louder.
An October 29 article from The New York Post’s Jon Heyman doubled down on prior reports that Skubal and the Tigers appear to be headed in different directions, as the two sides have never seen eye-to-eye on contract extension numbers.