Red Sox Ace Garrett Crochet Heads To Injured List With Shoulder Inflammation

[Steve Drumwright]

 

The Boston Red Sox will be without their ace for a while.

Left-handed starter Garrett Crochet went on the 15-day injured list Wednesday due to inflammation in his left shoulder. Third baseman-outfielder Nate Eaton was called up from Triple-A Worcester to take Crochet's roster spot. Crochet had been slated to start Friday, with left-hander Jake Bennett a likely candidate.

Crochet hadn't displayed the same form that led to his brilliant 2025 season, when he finished second in AL Cy Young Award voting and went 18-5 with a 2.89 FIP with an 5.7% walk rate and 31.3% strikeout rate, leading MLB with 255 strikeouts. In six starts this year, Crochet had a 4.33 FIP and 6.30 ERA, having allowed five runs twice and 11 in another. He has a 8% walk rate and 26.8% strikeout rate.

Surprisingly, this move comes after perhaps his best start of the season. In Saturday's 17-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles, Crochet went six shutout innings, allowing three hits and two walks while striking out seven.

Eaton played in 41 games for the Red Sox last year, putting up a .296/.348/.383 slash line with one homer, four RBIs and nine stolen bases. In 27 games for Worcester this year, Eaton's slash line is .292/.373/.458 with three homers, 12 RBIs and six stolen bases.

 

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[notin]

This could be bigger than Duran’s struggles.

Not sure how Eaton’s fills the void.  Someone finally going to let him pitch?

[a700hitter]

The dropping of his arm angle was a clue that things weren’t right.

[Larry Cook]

29 minutes ago, a700hitter said:

The dropping of his arm angle was a clue that things weren’t right.

I agree 100 percent. 
 

gray, Oviedo and now crochet on the DL! Another reminder that you can never have too much depth in starting pitching. 

[alsoason]

I hope it is not his rotator cuff, and a redo of Sale's time with the Red Sox as far as injuries go.

[notin]

5 hours ago, Larry Cook said:

I agree 100 percent. 
 

gray, Oviedo and now crochet on the DL! Another reminder that you can never have too much depth in starting pitching. 

Also Crawford and Sandoval…

[Old Red]

The interview with the Cro Man himself was quite the word salad. First he said his arm problem whatever it was was preventable, and then said maybe it wasn’t.🤔

[mvp 78]

"You know, I don't really know." That's the right answer for me. I don't care if my ballplayers talk in circles. They don't need to be great orators. 

[Duran Is The Man]

57 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

"You know, I don't really know." That's the right answer for me. I don't care if my ballplayers talk in circles. They don't need to be great orators. 

watch this guy turn into Chris Sale 2.0

[Bellhorn04]

Shaping up nicely as a season from hell!

[Old Red]

2 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

Shaping up nicely as a season from hell!

CWG couldn’t have said it better himself.

[mvp 78]

3 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

Shaping up nicely as a season from hell!

Feels normal at this point. 😮‍💨

[notin]

1 hour ago, Duran Is The Man said:

watch this guy turn into Chris Sale 2.0

As long as it’s not the 2020-2023 version of Chris Sale…