A handful of groups supposedly checked out including Chicago White Sox beginning pitcher Garrett Crochet at last month's trade due date.
Per The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies both pursued the All-Star starter. According to Rosenthal, both the Phillies and Dodgers' deals to the White Sox were “thought about appealing,” and Los Angeles pursued Crochet all the method to the last hour.
Eventually, Chicago decided to keep Crochet.
According to Rosenthal, the Dodgers made right-handed possibility River Ryan readily available for a trade for Crochet, however the White Sox saw issue over his health after he missed out on the very first 2 months of the season with shoulder discomfort. Ryan eventually needed to go through Tommy John surgical treatment after simply 4 starts for Los Angeles.
In spite of Crochet's age and worth, both the Dodgers and Phillies were reluctant to turn over leading potential customers for him. Rosenthal kept in mind that Philadelphia didn't use pitcher Andrew Painter, among the company's leading potential customers, and Los Angeles didn't provide Dalton Rushing.
Bleacher Report's Joel Reuter notes Painter as the Phillies No. 2 possibility and Rushing as the Dodgers' No. 2 possibility.
In his very first year as a starter, Crochet has actually taped 167 strikeouts, a 3.65 ERA and a 1.07 WHIP. He's presently using a 1 year, $800,000 offer, which is simply $60,000 greater than the league minimum. While he's still under club control till 2027, there will likely be a lot of groups wanting to bring him over in a trade this offseason.
It would not be a surprise if the Phillies and Dodgers were amongst those groups.
Although they didn't get Crochet at the due date, Los Angeles and Philadelphia still strengthened their pitching personnels before the home stretch of the season. The Dodgers included right-handed starter Jack Flaherty while the Phillies generated reducers Carlos Estévez and Tanner Banks.
