Almost everyone from the White Sox' Garrett Crochet trade has become a key part of their future.

Garrett Crochet (shoulder) has started a throwing proression. Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy told reporters Crochet, who has progressed to flat-ground throwing at roughly 60 feet, is at the very outset of his throwing program.

The Red Sox are not ruling out Garrett Crochet returning from the injured list in the role that made him a breakout star long before he arrived in Boston. Asked about Crochet saying on Wednesday he is willing to pitch in a relief role down the stretch,

The Boston Red Sox spent most of the spring wondering how they were supposed to survive without Garrett Crochet. Then they started winning so aggressively

Tim Healey of the Boston Globe reports that "there are no guarantees that" Garrett Crochet (shoulder) will pitch again this year.