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…

[moonslav59]

Rotation:

1. Crochet IL

3. Gray IL

5. Oviedo 60 Day IL

6. Crawford IL (June?)

7. Sandoval IL (May/June?)

Add to this #2 Bello sucking.

[notin]

18 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Rotation:

1. Crochet IL

3. Gray IL

5. Oviedo 60 Day IL

6. Crawford IL (June?)

7. Sandoval IL (May/June?)

Add to this #2 Bello sucking.

It’s actually surprising the Sox still have a 5 man rotation with those 5 on the IL, Dobbins and Fitts in St. Louis, and have yet to add a SP to the 40 man.

[moonslav59]

35 minutes ago, notin said:

It’s actually surprising the Sox still have a 5 man rotation with those 5 on the IL, Dobbins and Fitts in St. Louis, and have yet to add a SP to the 40 man.

We also traded Harrison and got rid of Criswell, who started a game last year and 18 in 2024.

Also gone are Giolito, Buehler, May & Newcomb who started 58 games last year.

[JoeBrady]

1 hour ago, notin said:

It’s actually surprising the Sox still have a 5 man rotation with those 5 on the IL, Dobbins and Fitts in St. Louis, and have yet to add a SP to the 40 man.

Imagine had we traded Tolle and Early, and not signed Suarez.

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, JoeBrady said:

Imagine had we traded Tolle and Early, and not signed Suarez.

Shudder.

[notin]

1 hour ago, JoeBrady said:

Imagine had we traded Tolle and Early, and not signed Suarez.

Next up - Alex Gamboa and Jedixson Paez…

[moonslav59]

57 minutes ago, notin said:

Next up - Alex Gamboa and Jedixson Paez…

Jack Anderson or Ed Rivera?

Holobetz?

[Randy Red Sox]

4 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Rotation:

1. Crochet IL

3. Gray IL

5. Oviedo 60 Day IL

6. Crawford IL (June?)

7. Sandoval IL (May/June?)

Add to this #2 Bello sucking.

didn't you say Sandal would be in the rotation?

 

[moonslav59]

Just now, Randy Red Sox said:

didn't you say Sandal would be in the rotation?

Assuming he was healthy, I thought he might be our 4 or 5, yes.

Thought Crawford might do something, too.

[Old Red]

6 hours ago, Randy Red Sox said:

 

[Old Red]

6 hours ago, Randy Red Sox said:

didn't you say Sandal would be in the rotation?

 

Yes it was said many times over. Sand Man was a waste of money from the very beginning.

[cp176]

On 4/29/2026 at 12:50 PM, notin said:

This could be bigger than Duran’s struggles.

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

I wonder if I’m one of the few who thinks that Eaton should have gotten the chance to play third a long time before making a trade for Durbin.  

[Hugh2]

8 minutes ago, cp176 said:

I wonder if I’m one of the few who thinks that Eaton should have gotten the chance to play third a long time before making a trade for Durbin.  

Why? Durbin has been better than him at every level.  I'm not saying the Sox shouldn't have tried to do better than Durbin, but just because he's been dissapointing doesn't mean Eaton was the answer. 

[cp176]

34 minutes ago, Hugh2 said:

Why? Durbin has been better than him at every level.  I'm not saying the Sox shouldn't have tried to do better than Durbin, but just because he's been dissapointing doesn't mean Eaton was the answer. 

Why not I guess is my answer.  I hope that Durbin plays better but looks to me like an absolutely meaningless trade.  I for sure would have liked to have seen a real trade to bolster a team that knew it was going to need hitting.  Once again, I hope that it works out.  

[mvp 78]

12 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

We also traded Harrison and got rid of Criswell, who started a game last year and 18 in 2024.

Also gone are Giolito, Buehler, May & Newcomb who started 58 games last year.

Giolito was available like a week ago and signed for only 3M. Seemed like decent enough injury insurance to me considering everything that was happening at the time. 

[mvp 78]

9 hours ago, notin said:

Next up - Alex Gamboa and Jedixson Paez…

Paez: 2 G, 2 IP

Not so sure about that one! 

[mvp 78]

1 hour ago, Hugh2 said:

Why? Durbin has been better than him at every level.  I'm not saying the Sox shouldn't have tried to do better than Durbin, but just because he's been dissapointing doesn't mean Eaton was the answer. 

Eaton is a better offensive player, but much worse defensively. I think their scouting saw more in Durbin than what we're getting on the field. I think their internal metrics and projections aren't all they're cracked up to be.