The Red Sox and Crochet avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $3.8 million contract Thursday, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.

Crochet said last Friday that he doesn't intend to have any radical change to his pitch mix for the upcoming season, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports.

The Red Sox are close to completing a trade for Crochet, Julian McWilliams of The Boston Globe reports.

Crochet didn't factor into the decision Friday against Detroit, allowing four hits and a walk over four scoreless innings. He struck out six.

Crochet (6-10) allowed one run on three hits while striking out eight over 3.1 innings in a loss to the Mets on Sunday.

Crochet is scheduled to start Sunday's game against the Mets at Guaranteed Rate Field.

Crochet threw four pitches in his start Tuesday against the Rangers before the game was suspended due to inclement weather.

White Sox interim manager Grady Sizemore said Wednesday that Crochet will be on a workload limit in each start for the rest of the season "that will probably slowly decrease as we get closer to the finish line," Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

Crochet allowed a run on four hits over four innings in a no-decision Friday. He struck out nine during the victory against Houston.

Crochet (6-9) took the loss Friday as the White Sox fell 7-6 to the Cubs, coughing up seven runs on nine hits -- including four home runs -- over 2.1 innings. He struck out five without walking a batter.