Video: Now A Boston Red Sox, Is Garrett Crochet A Cy Young Favorite?

[Destination The Show]

Garrett Crochet was a standout on the worst team in baseball last year. Now a part of the Red Sox and a team with postseason chances, can Crochet take the next step and become a Cy Young winner?

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[TheSplinteredSplendor]

Hard to pick a guy with his injury history as a "favorite".

Baseball-Reference doesn't project too highly for him either:

Year	Tm	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Rel
2025	Proj.	26	6	9	.400	3.69	2	127.0	109	56	52	15	37	1	160	5	1	3	528	1.150	7.7	1.1	2.6	11.3	4.32	61%

[TheSplinteredSplendor]

Although most sites project better results:

Garrett Crochet Fantasy Baseball Projections | Boston Red Sox | FantasyPros

[mvp 78]

24 minutes ago, TheSplinteredSplendor said:

Hard to pick a guy with his injury history as a "favorite".

Baseball-Reference doesn't project too highly for him either:

Year	Tm	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Rel
2025	Proj.	26	6	9	.400	3.69	2	127.0	109	56	52	15	37	1	160	5	1	3	528	1.150	7.7	1.1	2.6	11.3	4.32	61%

2 Saves!!! Now that's a projection we can count on!!!!!!!!!!

[Brock Beauchamp]

4 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

2 Saves!!! Now that's a projection we can count on!!!!!!!!!!

I love it when projections do weird-ass stuff like that.

[TheSplinteredSplendor]

2 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

2 Saves!!! Now that's a projection we can count on!!!!!!!!!!

LOL, maybe they just assume he will be injured again and be pitching out of the bullpen by the end of the year as he ramps back up to be a starter.

I mean, who is the sox closer anyway?

[mvp 78]

Just now, TheSplinteredSplendor said:

LOL, maybe they just assume he will be injured again and be pitching out of the bullpen by the end of the year as he ramps back up to be a starter.

I mean, who is the sox closer anyway?

He has never had a save in his life. None of the other projections (ZiPS, OOPSY, Steamer, ATC, etc) have him pitching at all out of the pen.

[mvp 78]

3 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I love it when projections do weird-ass stuff like that.

No. 

[TheSplinteredSplendor]

1 minute ago, mvp 78 said:

He has never had a save in his life. None of the other projections (ZiPS, OOPSY, Steamer, ATC, etc) have him pitching at all out of the pen.

I get that.

But it is not unheard of for a starter to pitch out of the pen late in the year if they are coming back from an injury and aren't ramped up to go 5 innings or so.

It would be more probable if the sox were fighting for the playoffs down the stretch in that scenario.

[mvp 78]