Garrett Crochet (shoulder) placed on injured list as Red Sox call up speedster to take roster spot

TORONTO — Four days after a fantastic start in Baltimore , Garrett Crochet is headed to the injured list with a shoulder issue. The Red Sox placed Crochet on the 15-day IL with left shoulder inflammation (retroactive to April 26), the team announced Wednesday, and called up speedster Nate Eaton to take his spot. Crochet was in line to start Friday night against Houston; now Triple-A lefty Jake Bennett, who was scratched from Worcester’s rotation earlier this week , seems likely to make his major league debut against Houston.

Crochet said he began to feel some fatigue in his shoulder during his Saturday outing in Baltimore and that he is “pretty confident, in this moment,” that he will be back in Boston’s rotation when he’s eligible in about two weeks. “Just some fatigue I was feeling in my last start,” Crochet said at Rogers Centre. “Was able to grind through it there at the end.

It just makes more sense to get ahead of it now so I’m not playing catch-up the rest of the season. “It’s tough. Talked to Bres (Craig Breslow) and Brandon (head athletic trainer Brandon Henry) yesterday about trying to push through and ultimately, what good is that doing for the team if I’m just kicking the can down the road?

” According to a source, Crochet’s shoulder discomfort is said to be trending better on a daily basis with the club deciding to be cautious by placing him on the IL at this stage. The lefty hasn’t stopped throwing in the wake of his last outing, in which he logged six shutout innings and struck out seven batters at Camden Yards. “We saw some pretty good development over the course of the past three days,” Crochet said.