is expected to be very active this winter, with the starting rotation being an area that could use a boost. The Red Sox are expected to enter the 2025 season with Tanner Houck, Brayan Bello, Kutter Crawford, and Lucas Giolito all in the starting rotation.
Boston will need to add one starter at least this winter and should be looking to add a lefty to the mix. Houck, Bello, Crawford, and Giolito all are right-handed. There will be some options available in free agency, including Blake Snell. But there also will be some players out there on the trade market.
"The most oft-mentioned trade candidate is Jesús Luzardo, who started popping up in rumors last December," Miller said. "He has two years of arbitration eligibility remaining, and had he been healthy at the trade deadline, it's very likely he would have been traded, given how well he pitched in both 2022 and 2023.