Welcome back to our 2025 Red Sox Postmortem. After talking about the things we loved and hated, grading Craig Breslow and Alex Cora, and reevaluating the Rafael Devers trade, today we hand out team awards.
Team MVP
Garrett Crochet. The difference between the 81-81 team from a year ago and the 89-73 team from this season was a result of having a dominant ace of the staff and a dominant closer to finish off close games. Crochet gets the nod over Chapman because he threw 205 1/3 of those innings, ten more innings than anyone else in the American League.
— Bob Osgood
Garrett Crochet. He truly elevates the pitching staff in every way. He gives the bullpen much needed rest on a regular basis, puts up league-leading stats in every category there is, and, in turn, legitimizes the entire rest o