The beautiful unpredictability of pro sports means that even when we’re positive that a certain young player is going to be a star, we never quite know when it’s going to happen, nor how high that star’s ceiling will ultimately reach. This is a scenario the Boston Red Sox have experienced vividly in 2025.

Boston’s trio of All-Stars deserve a boatload of credit for the team’s success this season. Garrett Crochet has been exactly the ace he was brought in to be. Alex Bregman, though currently ice cold , has had a good year overall and has impacted Boston’s clubhouse in so many winning ways that go beyond his individual production. Aroldis Chapman has been unthinkably unstoppable.

And yet, somehow it feels like none of those three guys are more valuable to the current Red Sox than 21-year

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