{"id":31393,"date":"2025-03-08T02:17:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T02:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=31393"},"modified":"2025-03-08T02:17:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T02:17:40","slug":"red-sox-top-extension-candidate-unwilling-to-continue-discussions-beyond-opening-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=31393","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox top extension candidate unwilling to continue discussions beyond Opening Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Boston Red Sox v Philadelphia Phillies\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_7933,h_4462\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/14\/01jns7677yp0jkt994hz.jpg\" alt=\"Boston Red Sox v Philadelphia Phillies\" width=\"7933\" height=\"4462\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"Boston Red Sox v Philadelphia Phillies\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">Boston Red Sox v Philadelphia Phillies | Julio Aguilar\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap\">\n<div class=\"flex mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\"><main class=\"min-w-0 flex-1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Shortly after they traded for Garrett Crochet, the Boston Red Sox announced their hopes to extend him long-term.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Boston traded four top prospects for the lefty, who said he would be open to an extension wherever he ended up after leaving the Chicago White Sox. In order to get the most out of the trade,\u00a0the Red Sox\u00a0<em>must<\/em>\u00a0extend him, and do it soon.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Despite the White Sox&#8217;s horrendous record last season, Crochet, a former reliever,\u00a0still turned heads in the starting rotation\u00a0with his elite stuff and staggering velocity. The lefty pitched to a 3.58 ERA with 209 strikeouts in just 146 innings of work. He boasted 92nd-percentile fastball velocity and a 98th-percentile strikeout percentage in 2024.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Crochet&#8217;s value is only increasing, and his spring training performances suggest it could rise fast. He hasn&#8217;t allowed a run in three Grapefruit League appearances and he&#8217;s clocked 14 strikeouts in 6.1 innings.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1897381871920480677&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fbosoxinjection.com%2Fred-sox-top-extension-candidate-unwilling-to-continue-discussions-beyond-opening&amp;sessionId=a0865f0bd31656d9c358b2eb0309ca29f8326b7c&amp;siteScreenName=bosoxinjection&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-uw-rm-iframe=\"gn\" data-tweet-id=\"1897381871920480677\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_2_5\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Crochet also knows how quickly his value is rising, and he&#8217;s just 25 years old, so his best years are probably ahead of him. He recently shared that he is not open to continuing potential contract extension conversations into the regular season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">\u201cFor me personally, once the season starts, I would like for whatever conversations are currently being had to be placed on the back burner until the following offseason,\u201d\u00a0Crochet said to Alex Speier of\u00a0<em>The Boston Globe<\/em>.\u00a0\u201cWe have a big season ahead of us and we\u2019re trying to do a lot of special things. I don\u2019t want to be a distraction for the team in any way and I myself don\u2019t want to be distracted by having to answer these kinds of questions in the media.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Garrett Crochet unwilling to discuss contract extension with Red Sox after Opening Day<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Opening Day is on March 27, which\u00a0gives the Red Sox about three weeks\u00a0to get an extension signed before Crochet potentially increases his value this year. If Boston can&#8217;t get a deal done, its chances of extending him may decrease substantially.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Red Sox posted their first big-market offseason in six years this winter. Signing Alex Bregman pushed them over the luxury tax and they went all-in for Juan Soto, but they haven&#8217;t shown an inclination to spend as much on pitchers in years. If they let Crochet pitch without an extension this year and he makes 30 starts with the same 12.9 strikeouts per nine innings he posted in 2024, the Red Sox may never meet his asking price.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">If Kyle Teel, Braden Montgomery, Chase Meidroth and Wikelman Gonz\u00e1lez all live up to their top prospect hype and Boston can&#8217;t get a solid deal for Crochet&#8217;s services long-term, the trade may have been in vain. The Red Sox either need to get a World Series with Crochet or an extension for the young lefty, and they&#8217;re running out of time to capitalize on the best price for the latter outcome.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Red Sox v Philadelphia Phillies | Julio Aguilar\/GettyImages Shortly after they traded for Garrett Crochet, the Boston Red Sox announced their hopes to extend him long-term&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Red Sox top extension candidate unwilling to continue discussions beyond Opening Day - 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