{"id":44380,"date":"2025-03-27T00:43:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T00:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=44380"},"modified":"2025-03-27T00:43:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T00:43:49","slug":"alex-cora-offers-sky-high-thoughts-red-sox-have-for-monster-garrett-crochet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=44380","title":{"rendered":"Alex Cora Offers Sky-High Thoughts Red Sox Have For &#8216;Monster&#8217; Garrett Crochet"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-2023016\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??-->The Boston Red Sox are ready to launch their new era with Opening Day less than 24 hours away.<\/p>\n<p>Garrett Crochet will take the ball for Boston when the Red Sox battle the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Red Sox manager Alex Cora offered significant insight on what Boston and its fans can expect from the new ace this season when he joined WEEI Afternoons with Andy Hart, Nick Stevens and Ted Johnson on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re about to see, but physically, he is (ready),\u201d Cora said. \u201cThis guy\u2019s a monster. He\u2019s big and strong and the way he goes about his business in the training room, in the weight room, is ace-like. But now, obviously, we\u2019ve gotta go out every five days and prove it. We\u2019re gonna let him go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe expectation are 30-plus starts, and help us win as many games as possible. I truly believe physically, he\u2019s different than others.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cora continued: \u201cYou\u2019ll see him. He\u2019s ready to go, but we\u2019ve gotta be smart about it, too. The way the season starts, there are a lot of games early on, and then the schedule actually benefits us in June, July and August. We\u2019ll take care of him, and if we do that, he\u2019ll take care of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Last season with the Chicago White Sox, Crochet was an underrated strikeout artist. He averaged 12.9 strikeouts per nine innings. All eyes will be on him to see if he can carry that into Boston.<\/p>\n<p>There are high hopes for the Red Sox heading into the 2025 MLB season, with many people betting on them to be competitive in the AL East. 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