Trade Deadline Smash or Pass: Garrett Crochet

Photo by Ben Hsu/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesWelcome to Smash or Pass, Trade Deadline edition! In this series, we’ll discuss players who might be available at the trade deadline, whether they’d be a good fit for Red Sox, and what it would take to get them. Let’s kick things off with one of the most exciting starting pitchers on the market.

Who is he and where does he come from?

Garrett Crochet is a former 2020 first-round pick of the Chicago White Sox, 11th overall. Out of the University of Tennessee, he also made his debut in 2020, one of only a handful in the modern era to make their debut in the same season they were drafted. He’s a southpaw who mainly utilizes a four-seam fastball (on…