{"id":36610,"date":"2025-03-28T03:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T03:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=36610"},"modified":"2025-03-28T03:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T03:05:14","slug":"report-red-sox-wont-talk-extension-with-crochet-in-2024-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=36610","title":{"rendered":"Report: Red Sox Won\u2019t Talk Extension with Crochet in 2024 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1af68680 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1af68680\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-98383\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25781175_168400885_lowres.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2474px) 100vw, 2474px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25781175_168400885_lowres.jpg 2474w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25781175_168400885_lowres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25781175_168400885_lowres-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25781175_168400885_lowres-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25781175_168400885_lowres-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/USATSI_25781175_168400885_lowres-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"Discussions on a possible extension of Garrett Crochet's deal with the Red Sox will reportedly be tabled during the season.\" width=\"2474\" height=\"1649\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c84d517 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"5c84d517\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>According to Chris Cotillo of MassLive, Boston Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow has stated that the team and pitcher Garrett Crochet are going to \u201ctable talks\u201d on an extension past today. Reading between the lines, Crochet doesn\u2019t want to cause any drama or tension in the locker room by negotiating with the Red Sox front office during the season. This means that Boston fans will have to wait, possibly until the end of the 2024 season, and see how everything pans out first. This is happening much to the dismay of Red Sox fans everywhere. Let\u2019s go over the situation as a whole.<\/p>\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?creatorScreenName=lwosbaseball&amp;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=1905324543939314149&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Flastwordonsports.com%2Fbaseball%2F2025%2F03%2F27%2Fgarrett-crochet-red-sox-wont-talk-extension%2F&amp;sessionId=bac0b16b25e0bb15d9378d6cc68f27f947124dd1&amp;siteScreenName=lwosbaseball&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1905324543939314149\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Report: Garrett Crochet Extension Talks Tabled<\/h2>\n<p>Crochet is already becoming one of the best left-handed pitchers in baseball, alongside Tarik Skubal, Chris Sale, Shota Imanaga, and Blake Snell. But the way he\u00a0bullies hitters with his fastball\u00a0is unique. Last year, he was arguably the only bright spot on a 121-loss Chicago White Sox team. His value is sky-high, and it may get even higher as the season goes on. He wants a big contract, but the Red Sox are holding out on it for a bit. Still, it may be a smart idea in the long run.<\/p>\n<h3>Red Sox Being Careful with Contracts<\/h3>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-24\">\n<div id=\"lwos_incontent_1\" align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x250\" data-google-query-id=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Red Sox organization has been afraid to give out big contracts due to the botched (so far) Trevor Story and Masataka Yoshida deals. They\u2019re trying to undo the damage of former GM Chaim Bloom, who signed them to those deals in the first place. While he built up the farm system to become one of the best in baseball, his major league operations were very questionable. These two aforementioned signings take the cake here. While Yoshida can live up to his contract hitting-wise, Story can\u2019t stay healthy, having injury-riddled seasons for the past three years. Since then, they\u2019ve been a little smarter with their money, investing in their young talents. A big example of that is locking up Brayan Bello and Ceddanne Rafaela to long-term deals. The difference is that Crochet is neither an aging veteran nor an upcoming prospect. He\u2019s 25 years old and a hot commodity.<\/p>\n<p>One possibility why the Red Sox haven\u2019t given him an extension yet and have been far from reaching an agreement is that they are questioning his one red flag. That being the fact that he\u2019s a bullpen convert, only becoming a full-time starter in 2024. In a way, it\u2019s smart for them not to jump the gun immediately, and he\u2019s also got another year of arbitration before becoming eligible for free agency. The Red Sox, given their recent actions, will want to keep it that way until the 2025 offseason, where he\u2019s got one more left. This is similar to the Rafael Devers situation, where fans had to wait until the offseason before the team extended him long-term. If Crochet does amazingly well, like he\u2019s expected to, the ball is in FSG\u2019s court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Chris Cotillo of MassLive, Boston Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow has stated that the team and pitcher Garrett Crochet are going to \u201ctable&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36610","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>Report: Red Sox Won\u2019t Talk Extension with Crochet in 2024 Season - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=36610\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Report: Red Sox Won\u2019t Talk Extension with Crochet in 2024 Season - 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