It doesn’t take much to draw parallels between Chris Sale and Garrett Crochet.
Both are left-handed starters who rose through the ranks of the White Sox organization. Both were eventually traded to the Red Sox in blockbuster deals in hopes of asserting themselves as aces in Boston.
And on Friday, both southpaws found themselves on a collision course at Fenway Park.
“Should be fun tonight,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said pregame. “Obviously with everything that is going on, City Connect [uniforms], hopefully it’s a fun night here. Those two guys, obviously they’re not facing each other, but there’s a lot of things there that they have in common.