Starting pitcher Garrett Crochet of the Chicago White Sox has been a popular name in the MLB rumor mill this season. That will only intensify as the July 30 trade deadline nears. Could the Los Angeles Dodgers find a way to land the hard-throwing southpaw?
Borna Nazari of Hog Watch Media proposed the following trade during a Bleacher Report live stream that’d bring Crochet to Hollywood:
The Dodgers entered 2024 with the eighth-best farm system, according to MLB.com. They’ve also ranked De Paula (second), Hope (20th) and Wrobleski (14th) within Los Angeles’ top 20 prospects.
De Paula (High-A) and Hope (Single-A) are both years away from being MLB-ready. However, Wrobleski could technically be plugged right into Chicago’s starting rotation. The southpaw has posted a 3.23 ERA and 1.08 WHIP with 68 strikeouts in 78 innings between Double-A and Triple-A this season. He also just made his big-league debut on July 7, allowing four runs in five innings against the Milwaukee Brewers.
What Crochet Would Bring to the Dodgers’ Pitching Staff
If the Dodgers landed Crochet before the trade deadline, he’d bring controllable pitching depth to a staff that needs it right now. FanGraphs’ Roster Resource has Wrobleski, Tyler Glasnow, James Paxton, Bobby Miller, Gavin Stone and Landon Knack as L.A.’s current starting five.
Among these hurlers, Wrobleski, Stone and Knack are rookies. They’ve been thrust into the big-league rotation because of injuries. Dustin May hopes to return late in the second half, while Clayton Kershaw’s rehab from shoulder surgery just hit a bump in the road because of lingering soreness. And then there’s Walker Buehler and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, both of whom don’t have a firm return timeline yet.
