Welcome back to the 2025-26 edition of Smash or Pass, in which we examine potential free agent and trade targets to determine whether the Red Sox should pursue them and what it would take to land them. Today we look at another rotation-lengthening option, this oen with hometown roots.

As my colleague Mike Carlucci said earlier this week, the Red Sox need starting pitching. With the starting market providing some high potential but no true home runs, I’m personally of the belief that Boston should try to find a No. 3 in the free agent market and conduct a trade to bring in a true No. 2 behind Garrett Crochet (I will pray every night this offseason that Joe Ryan or Hunter Greene somehow make their way to Boston). With this in mind, I think it’s best to focus on the middle-of-the-pack free a

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