Garrett Crochet Reveals How He 'Turned The Page' From Rough Spring
Crochet looked like his old self on Opening Day.
Garrett Crochet Reveals How He 'Turned The Page' From Rough Spring originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Leading up to Garrett Crochet's Opening Day start against the Cincinnati Reds, there were reasons to worry about the Boston Red Sox ace.
After finishing second in the AL Cy Young race last year, he didn't look like himself at all in spring training. His velocity was down and he got hit hard, going 1-2 with a 7. 36 ERA in four starts.
After leading the American League with a career-high 205 1/3 innings last season, it was fair to wonder if the Red Sox had pushed him too hard last year. Fortunately, all of those concerns went out the window on Thursday. Crochet immediately returned to form , firing six shutout innings and racking up eight strikeouts in Boston's 3-0 victory at a sold-out Great American Ball Park.
After the game, the two-time All-Star opened up about how he was able to put his poor spring behind him. After a rough spring, in which he allowed 12 runs in 14 2/3 innings, Garrett Crochet looked more like his self Thursday. “I’ve got a lot of self-belief, but in the moment this spring, I definitely thought I sucked.