Red Sox lefty Garrett Crochet topped out at 98.9 mph with his fastball in his second Grapefruit League start Friday.

The Boston Red Sox could be among the favorites to land Miami Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara if he lands on the trade block.

The Boston Red Sox are a team on the rise, trading for White Sox ace Garrett Crochet and inking Alex Bregman to a three-year deal among other moves aimed at ending their three-year streak of finishing .

Garrett Crochet plays for the Boston Red Sox, and that only happened because of what the lefty did at the 2024 trade deadline. As was typically the case for the last few seasons, the Red Sox only made moves at the margins during the deadline.

The Red Sox reliever pitched in his first game since last April 16 after undergoing season-ending elbow surgery on May 30

The Marlins made their second wave of cuts at big league camp on Saturday afternoon, highlighted by seven prospects on the organization’s MLB Pipeline Top 30 list. Corner infielder Deyvison De Los Santos (No.

Like the Bregman and Crochet deals, a trade for Alcántara will be costly, but if the Red Sox are in contention come July, a move for the former Cy Young winner to slot in at the top of the rotation could establish them as a legitimate World Series favorite.

Former Hallsville Bobcat Justin Slaten faced the minimum in an inning of work in the Boston Red Sox 20-5 spring training win over Miami on Friday.