MLB Trade Rumors: Garrett Crochet Joins Detroit Tigers In Proposed Deal

Chicago White Sox breakout starting pitcher Garrett Crochet was one of the most talked-about players heading up to the trade deadline in late July, but his controversial public comments that he would not pitch into the playoffs for any acquiring team unless he got a long-term extension put the kibosh on those talks.

Now that we're in the offseason, that won't be a problem anymore, and the pitcher with two more years of team control might once again be a prime trade candidate this winter. The Pale Hose were obviously not happy with Crochet's comments that dashed their trade hopes, so they'll try to move on from him now and collect as big a cache of prospects as they can for their rebuilding, 121 loss club.

Kerry Miller of Bleacher Report has proposed a trade that would move Crochet to a division rival. It would look like this:

Detroit Tigers receive:

Garrett Crochet

Chicago White Sox receive:

SS Bryce Rainer
RHP Owen Hall
LHP Ethan Schiefelbein

The Tigers surprisingly made a mighty leap late this past season into being a playoff team, and with this trade would have a chance to replace ace Jack Flaherty whom they dealt away at the deadline, just before their run to the postseason began.

Crochet, in his first full season as a starter, had a 3.58 ERA with a 1.07 WHIP, with an eye-popping 12.9 K/9 and a 209:33 strikeout-to-walk ratio. The one thing for any acquiring club to be wary of is the fact that Crochet's 146 innings pitched completely dwarfed all of his previous major league innings totaled over his previous three sips of coffee in the bigs, and was a massive leap from the 25 IP he tossed in 2023 (majors & minors combined).

In this proposed deal, the ChiSox get their hands on three players who were all early-round selections by the Tigers in the 2024 MLB draft. Rainer soared all the way to the #4 prospect on the White Sox list, while Hall is their 10th-ranked prospect and Schiefelbein is #12. They're all still teenagers, however, and a long ways away at this point. But then, so are the White Sox from being a serious MLB team.

More interesting food for thought as Chicago figures out what to do with Crochet.