Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Garrett Crochet just finished second in American League Cy Young voting for the 2025 season. You’d think Crochet’s stellar season in Boston might have the Chicago White Sox feeling some type of way about having traded Crochet last December. On the contrary, Chicago feels good about the trade 11 months later, mostly because the White Sox are thrilled about the ongoing development of the players they received in exchange for Crochet: Kyle Teel, Braden Montgomery, Chase Meidroth and Wikelman Gonzalez.

White Sox general manager Chris Getz revealed this stance during this week’s MLB General Manager meetings in Las Vegas.

“I know Garrett did what he did,” Getz said, per FanSided’s MLB insider Robert Murray. “I’m not surprised at all. I thought he was just scratching the surface (when he was here). I couldn’t be happier with our deal. I think it’s got a chance to be even better than anticipated, to be quite honest with you.”

“To be able to get the impact that we did this year with three of those players, positive impacts, and they’re also just scratching the surface and the continued development and the blooming of Braden, it’s got a chance to be a really special deal,” Getz continued. “Where they are in their careers and to get to the big leagues all around the same time, it makes it even more valuable.”

Teel was viewed as the headline of the Boston’s package, and the 23-year-old catcher certainly delivered on that reputation in 2025 for the White Sox, becoming just the fourth catcher ever to have an OPS+ over 120 in his rookie season.

Maybe this was a good deal for both teams in the end. Chicago obviously lost one of the game’s best pitchers in Crochet, but he didn’t fit their timeline.