Former MLB player calls out Red Sox Garrett Crochet after horrible start against Twins
Crochet has not been good this year.
Former MLB player calls out Red Sox Garrett Crochet after horrible start against Twins originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Boston Red Sox season just continues to go off the rails, and Monday's loss against the Minnesota Twins might have been the worst of the year.
Giving up 13 runs to the Twins is just inexcusable, but when we factor in that Garrett Crochet gave up 10 earned runs, it makes things even worse. Crochet is expected to be one of the best arms in Major League Baseball whenever he's on the mound, but that was far from the case in Minnesota. The left-hander now has a 7.
50 ERA and has allowed four earned runs or more in two of his four starts. I don't see anything too wrong with Crochet just yet outside of his command, but Dontrelle Willis, a former MLB player, had a lot to say about what he's seen from the left-hander. “The velocity was not there, the command was not there,” Willis said about Crochet, per Heavy .
“You have a bunch of guys already that are struggling, hitting below the Mendoza line. (We) talk about (Caleb) Durbin, (Jarren) Duran…. You needed your ace to step up in a big game.