BOSTON — Garrett Crochet quickly realized he had a numbers issue following his trade to the Boston Red Sox. He had worn No. 45 with the Chicago White Sox since his major league debut in 2020 and the pitcher was dealt Wednesday to a team that retired the number for Pedro Martínez in 2015. “Yeah, that’s one of the first things that I realized after the trade went through,” Crochet said Friday. His next few choices also were unavailable. “I wore 34…

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No. 45? No. 34? Nope. Garrett Crochet has a numbers issue following his trade to the Boston Red Sox.

Garrett Crochet says he had trouble settling on a jersey number following his trade to the Red Sox after many of his past numbers were taken.

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Going by the numbers, Garrett Crochet was meant to be a Boston Red Sox. “That was one of the first things that I realized after the trade went through,” said the newest member of the starting rotation during a Zoom call on Friday. “I wore 34 in college (and) that one was retired, and other than that I had never really picked a number since high school. And in high school I wore No. 14, which I also believe was retired. So it was just funny the w…

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After months of speculation — frankly, it felt more like years — the White Sox indeed traded young All-Star lefty Garrett Crochet. They received four youngsters from the Red Sox in return, including that organization’s fourth- and fifth-ranked prospects. In this week’s “Polling Place,” your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the social platform X, we asked voters for their initial takes on the trade. “Beyond disgusted,” @RonaldVoigt4 commented. “

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Lefty Garrett Crochet, who the Red Sox acquired in a trade Wednesday, wore No. 45 with the White Sox. He obviously won’t be able to wear it with Boston.

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The Boston Red Sox are continuing to pursue free agents and possible trades, after making a splash at the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings by dealing four of the organization’s best prospects for left-handed ace starting pitcher Garrett Crochet, formerly of the Chicago White Sox. One thing that has been no secret is that the Red Sox are in the market for a right handed power bat. Their lineup as it now stands swings overwhelmingly from the …

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Garrett Crochet is hardly the first player to trade his Sox from white to red. Two current members of the Red Sox in Lucas Giolito and Liam Hendriks did so last offseason — Giolito did have two very brief stops in the same season with the Cleveland Guardians and Los Angeles Angels before joining Boston.  Crochet knows Giolito and Hendriks from their time spent together with Chicago as all three were teammates for multiple seasons. They will be r…

No. 45? No. 34? Nope. Garrett Crochet has a numbers issue following his trade to the Boston Red Sox.

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