Latest On Garrett Crochets Trade Marke

The White Soxs to deal dominant youngster this summer has made the southpaw one of the most intriguing players to watch in the days leading up to the trade deadline on July 30, and noted this morning that Chicago still intends to deal the lefty this summer even as rival GMs expre s uncertainty regarding whether or not a deal will come together. Nightengale goes on to note that while the Padres made a recent offer to the South Siders for Crochet, White Sox bra s quickly dismi sed the proposal. This isnt the first report to suggesting that the White Sox have been dismi sive of offers from rival clubs, as reporting earlier this month the Dodgers have also put forth an offer that was ultimately Naz Reid Jersey rejected. Still, its somewhat notable that San Diegos offer for the leftys services was turned down given the fact that the Padres were reportedly the team in their pursuit of the leftys services as recently as last month. Its certainly po sible that other clubs have become more aggre sive in their pursuits of Crochet since then, but the news is nonethele s the latest signal that the price for the youngsters services will be steep. An exorbitant asking price is somewhat understandable given Crochets unique combination of youth, dominance, and team control. The 25-year-old has pitched to a 3.02 ERA in 107 1/3 innings of work this year with even stronger peripheral numbers, as he leads the majors with a whopping 150 strikeouts. Thats good for a 35.2% strikeout rate, and Crochet complements that heavy dose of Ks with a microscopic 5.4% walk rate and a strong 45.7% groundball rate. A starting pitcher with that sort of elite talent is extremely hard to come by in any case, much le s at an age when some pitchers have yet to even establish themselves at the majors and with team control that runs through the end of the 2026 season. While theres been questions about whether or not Crochet will be able to remain in the rotation down the stretch after already more than doubling his total number of innings as a profe sional in the first half, the lefty would surely be a valuable a set even in a bullpen role for the second half this year before returning to the rotation in 2025. Given that, its hardly a surprise that Crochet is reportedly receiving widespread interest from clubs around the league. That should allow the White Sox to set the asking price on his services quite high, particularly given the fact that they could try to deal him again this winter if talks end up stalling out. One clue as to where the Sox may set the bar regarding Crochet is that Nightengale suggests Chicago is insisting on Yankees outfield prospect as part of the return for the leftys services in negotiations with New York. Jones, the Yankees first round pick in the 2022 draft, was a frequently discu sed prospect this winter as the club resisted requests for him to be included in deals with various trade partners throughout the winter. He entered the season as a consensus top-100 prospect in the sport, with some services even ranking him in the top 30 or higher. A slow start to the season at Double-A saw most outlets settle on placing Jones in the top-75 range earlier this year, though hes heated up in recent weeks and may have seen his prospect stock start to rebound a bit. Either way, indicated that the Yankees remain unwilling to part with Jones, suggesting that a deal between New York and Chicago is unlikely unle s one side or the other folds regarding the hulking outfield prospect. Ed Davis Jersey