Whereas Garrett Crochet has been a preferred commerce candidate heading into the deadline, the Pink Sox are one crew that doesn’t seem like within the combine for the White Sox left-hander. In a current version of the Fenway Rundown podcast, MassLive.com’s Chris Cotillo mentioned that Boston has “not talked about Crochet in any respect….That’s, at this level, not one thing they’ve aggressively tried to do.” Because the Pink Sox are loath to maneuver any of their high three prospects (Marcelo Mayer, Roman Anthony, Kyle Teel) in trades, it appears laborious to think about that Chicago would settle for a provide from Boston that didn’t embody a minimum of a type of three minor league stars.
The Yankees can also be restricted individuals within the Crochet sweepstakes, as Jon Heyman of the New York Submit hears from a supply who says the Bombers “will not be that into” Crochet as a commerce goal. Since Heyman additionally wrote a few weeks in the past that the Yankees “very very like Crochet,” this might point out a change in New York’s plans, or maybe the Yankees’ curiosity has been tempered by Chicago’s asking worth. The White Sox are understandably asking for an enormous return for Crochet in any commerce, and Chicago’s explicit curiosity in Spencer Jones as a part of a Crochet commerce package deal might have clashed with New York’s inclination to maintain one in every of its high hitting prospects.
Extra from across the AL East….
Drew Rasmussen is ready to start a minor league rehab task on Sunday, which marks the Rays right-hander’s first recreation motion since Might 11, 2023. Rasmussen underwent an inner brace surgical procedure nearly precisely a 12 months in the past, and if all goes nicely in his rehab work, needs to be on monitor to hitch Tampa Bay’s rotation in some unspecified time in the future in August as soon as he’s totally ramped up. Acquired from the Brewers as a part of the Willy Adames commerce in Might 2021, Rasmussen has a 2.70 ERA over 249 2/3 innings in a Rays uniform, and had seemingly cemented himself as a part of Tampa’s rotation earlier than the brace surgical procedure put his profession on maintain. Whereas it could be lots to ask for Rasmussen to right away return to his outdated kind after such an extended layoff, his arrival needs to be a pleasant increase for the Rays because the crew hopes to get again into the playoff race.
Forearm tightness pressured Blue Jays prospect Ricky Tiedemann out of a Triple-A recreation on July 10, and TSN’s Scott Mitchell (X hyperlink) reviews that Tiedemann isn’t affected by any structural harm. Jays supervisor John Schneider informed reporters yesterday that Tiedemann is getting a second opinion on his harm, although Mitchell writes that Tiedemann has “had a number of opinions already. If he’s having one other and one thing turns up, it’ll be a shock to an entire lot of individuals.” Since Tiedemann appears set to return to motion in some unspecified time in the future this season, it counts as excellent news for the 21-year-old southpaw, whose three-year professional profession has been restricted to 140 innings on account of a wide range of accidents. Tiedemann stays a highly-touted prospect, however his well being woes and a few elevated management issues are issues as he approaches his twenty second birthday.
