{"id":17715,"date":"2024-12-14T00:47:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T00:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17715"},"modified":"2024-12-14T00:47:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T00:47:14","slug":"the-numbers-dont-lie-new-red-sox-garrett-crochet-was-one-of-baseballs-best-last-season-and-hes-just-getting-started-the-boston-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17715","title":{"rendered":"The numbers don\u2019t lie. New Red Sox Garrett Crochet was one of baseball\u2019s best last season, and he\u2019s just getting started. – The Boston Globe"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI had never really picked a number since high school,\u201d Crochet said Friday afternoon via Zoom. \u201cAnd in high school I wore No. 14 which I also believe was retired [Jim Rice]. So it was just funny the way that it all worked out.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Red Sox were elated with how it worked out.<\/p>\n

The Sox introduced the newly acquired Crochet Friday. Their ace, as chief baseball officer Craig Breslow recently proclaimed.<\/p>\n

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“I think that the opportunity to play for the market of Boston, the fan base that\u2019s representing the Red Sox, it\u2019s about as great an opportunity as you can come by in this game,\u201d said Crochet.<\/p>\n

The Sox traded for Crochet on Wednesday, exchanging potential for immediate impact. They sent former first-round picks catcher Kyle Teel (2023) and outfielder Braden Montgomery (2024), infielder Chase Meidroth, and starter Wikelman Gonzalez to Chicago for a chance at winning the American League East again.<\/p>\n

It cost a lot, but it\u2019s the price of business \u2014 or victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe needed to trade really good players in order to be able to do this,\u201d said Breslow following the trade. \u201cBut that\u2019s the cost right now. And we\u2019re very much focused on what we were able to get. The excitement that we have around adding him to the rotation. It adds depth. It adds quality. Bona fide ace and someone we feel is going to continue to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n

The White Sox drafted Crochet 11th overall in 2020 with the intention of making him a starter. That was always the plan, according to Crochet. Plans, however, shifted. The COVID-19 shutdown delayed Crochet\u2019s development. Then, in 2022, Crochet underwent Tommy John surgery. He never pitched an inning in the minors during his rise.<\/p>\n

In 2024, the 25-year-old scratched the surface of what he could become, compiling a 3.58 ERA and 209 strikeouts in 146 innings over 32 starts. The White Sox had to limit Crochet\u2019s innings, understanding he was new to starting. But when it comes to performance? He was one of the best in baseball.<\/p>\n

\u201cTransitioning to a starter is easier said than done,\u201d said Crochet. \u201cBut at the same time, I felt like I was able to take it in stride really well. You\u2019re just getting outs. You just happen to get more of them. So for me, there really wasn\u2019t a big adjustment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lights will be a lot brighter at Fenway than on the South Side of Chicago. The expectations will surpass those of the historically-bad White Sox, whose 121 losses in 2024 set a modern-day record.<\/p>\n

Despite the small sample size, Crochet\u2019s talent is astounding. Talent that the Sox have already started to shape.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe I\u2019m going to have a little bit more of an in-depth conversation next week with [pitching coach] Andrew Bailey and the rest of the staff,” said Crochet. “I already have a relationship kind of bridged from my former pitching coach, Ethan Katz, having known [Bailey] through the game. So I anticipate those conversations will come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crochet\u2019s biggest weapon is his four-seam fastball, which helped amplify his arsenal and produce a 35 percent strikeout percentage last season.<\/p>\n

But his arsenal is limited mainly to fastball, cutter, and an occasional changeup. Crochet hopes to change that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve done a little bit of thinking of it on my own,\u201d said Crochet. \u201cJust in terms of incorporating the sinker later in 2024, and feeling like I have truly five pitches that I could throw at any moment. So it\u2019ll definitely be a fine-tuning game.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Red Sox have added life to its their rotation.<\/p>\n

He\u2019ll wear No. 35.<\/p>\n

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Julian McWilliams can be reached at julian.mcwilliams@globe.com. Follow him @byJulianMack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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