{"id":36033,"date":"2025-03-26T02:51:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T02:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=36033"},"modified":"2025-03-26T02:51:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T02:51:13","slug":"breaking-how-concerning-is-it-that-the-red-sox-havent-extended-garrett-crochet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=36033","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: How concerning is it that the Red Sox haven\u2019t extended Garrett Crochet?"},"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_49,w_7933,h_4462\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/14\/01jq4s6qw3c0rztwfyvp.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\">Garrett Crochet immediately became the Boston Red Sox&#8217;s ace after they traded for him during the 2024 Winter Meetings.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The lefty posted a great first season as a starting pitcher, to the tune of a 3.58 ERA and a 1.07 WHIP with 209 strikeouts in 146 innings of work. The White Sox limited him to 146 innings on the year to preserve his arm for any impending trades, and the move served Crochet well. He&#8217;s let up just one run and clocked 30 strikeouts in 15.2 innings of Grapefruit League action.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Crochet has already been named Boston&#8217;s No. 1 starter and seems primed for a stellar season in his new Sox (even though spring training stats don&#8217;t mean anything.) But still, the Red Sox haven&#8217;t signed him to a contract extension.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Crochet set a deadline for all extension negotiations\u00a0to be completed or paused by Opening Day. On March 21,\u00a0Chris Cotillo of\u00a0<em>MassLive<\/em>\u00a0reported that the two sides are unlikely\u00a0to come to a deal before any talks need to be postponed for another six to seven months. That delay will cost the Red Sox greatly.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Garrett Crochet going into 2025 season without an extension is worst case scenario for Red Sox<\/h2>\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=1903229738744725729&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fbosoxinjection.com%2Fhow-concerning-is-it-that-the-red-sox-havent-extended-garrett-crochet&amp;sessionId=190f0c1d30d411b04354eb0f362c49f890850375&amp;siteScreenName=bosoxinjection&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1903229738744725729\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Boston\u00a0should&#8217;ve extended Crochet before he even threw a ball\u00a0for them this winter. The Red Sox&#8217;s best chance at a long-term deal was based on his 2024 stats, and if his value increases this coming season like it&#8217;s expected to, their odds of extending him will only decrease. Crochet may not have wanted to sign a deal without betting on himself for at least another year, but the Red Sox should&#8217;ve anticipated that and offered accordingly.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">Now, if Crochet posts the full breakout season fans, reporters, and the team itself expect, he has no incentive to sign with Boston long-term. If the Red Sox don&#8217;t blow him out of the water with their offer, he can hit the free agent after another great season, at just 27 years old, and secure a $400 million-plus deal from the Dodgers or Mets, which the Sox would never match.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Red Sox\u00a0<em>must<\/em>\u00a0extend Crochet to make trading four top prospects\u00a0(Kyle Teel, Braden Montgomery, Wikelman Gonzalez, Chase Meidroth) for him worth the price. They know it, and they surely know how highly coveted he&#8217;ll be as a free agent if they fail.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">It&#8217;s well established that the men in charge in Boston don&#8217;t like dishing out long-term contracts to pitchers. They were burned by the Chris Sale deal and felt the same way about David Price. But the Red Sox front office needs to get over its fears and do the right thing before Crochet becomes the new highest-paid lefty pitcher in history by another team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Red Sox v Philadelphia Phillies | Julio Aguilar\/GettyImages Garrett Crochet immediately became the Boston Red Sox&#8217;s ace after they traded for him during the 2024 Winter&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36033","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>BREAKING: How concerning is it that the Red Sox haven\u2019t extended Garrett Crochet? 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