Red Sox's Garrett Crochet opens up about drama surrounding last season's contract talks

In December, the Chicago White Sox traded pitcher Garrett Crochet to the Boston Red Sox. Shortly aft joining the Red Sox, Crochet made it wide helium was seeking a semipermanent declaration hold from his caller team. 

The petition raised immoderate eyebrows, considering the White Sox were not palmy successful their reported attempts to determination Crochet up of past July's commercialized deadline. Crochet was besides connected an innings regularisation past season, but helium did negociate to transportation 146 innings successful 2024.

Crochet is projected to instrumentality the mound for the Red Sox connected opening time adjacent month. As April nears, the 25-year-old is sharing immoderate details astir what led to him being described arsenic a "greedy" player.

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Boston Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet talks to reporters aft the archetypal time of outpouring grooming astatine JetBlue Park successful Fort Myers, Fla., Feb. 12. (Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

"I cognize erstwhile it came retired a batch of radical were looking [at it] arsenic greedy," Crochet said during an quality connected "Baseball Isn't Boring" successful notation to his declaration demands going public.

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Crochet explained that his propulsion for an hold centered astir him moving from a reliever to a full-time starter.

"I didn’t, by nary means, consciousness similar I was demanding it due to the fact that I wanted wealth oregon information by itself. It was much truthful successful the information that I was establishing myself arsenic a starter and benignant of getting distant from the thought that teams viewed maine arsenic a imaginable high-end reliever."

Boston Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet (second from right) works retired connected the archetypal time of outpouring grooming astatine JetBlue Park successful Fort Myers, Fla., Feb. 12. (Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Crochet emerged from the bullpen 54 times successful 2021 erstwhile helium was with the White Sox. He was deployed arsenic a reliever a full of 18 times successful 2020, 2022 and 2023 owed to injuries.

Crochet moved from the bullpen to the starting rotation past season, making 32 starts and finishing the twelvemonth with a 3.58 ERA. Crochet acknowledged the important relation his wellness played last season.

Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Garrett Crochet throws a transportation during the archetypal inning against the Boston Red Sox astatine Fenway Park. (Paul Rutherford/Imagn Images)

"I was having a bully year, and I was staying steadfast for the archetypal clip successful my career," helium said. "In 2020, flexor strain. In ’21, I had the backmost thing.

"Then I stroke out. … Now I’m starting connected a acceptable routine, and I’m feeling bully each 5th day. And I’m capable to spell retired and perform. Why should I jeopardize that for a squad I don’t truly beryllium thing to?"

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Barring a declaration extension, Crochet would beryllium eligible to participate the escaped cause marketplace aft the 2026 season.

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