Good morning! There’s been a flurry of small activity in the past day or so — Trevor Story has decided to stick around, Jarren Duran and the Sox reached an agreement on a contract number for 2026 (note: this does not really indicate much about a potential trade from the outfield surplus; he still could be out the door), the Sox have declined Liam Hendriks’ option, and now Garrett Crochet and Roman Anthony have been named “finalists” for the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year Awards, respectively.

Just as a reminder, because words really are supposed to matter: Crochet and Anthony are not actually finalists. The winner of each award has already been decided; they were merely among the top-three vote-getters.

Talk about what you want and be good to one another.

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