We’re now just two days away from Opening Day 2025, which means we’re two days away from Garrett Crochet’s deadline to negotiate a contract extension. Crochet remains open to a deal, but he sounds ready to put a pause on contract talk and pick thing back up in the fall. (Scott McLaughlin, WEEI)
So does that mean the Red Sox are worried? Not necessarily. As Sam Kennedy points out, these deadlines have a tendency to be written in pencil as opposed to pen. (Chris Cotillo, MassLive)
Given that he currently has the second-best odds to win the Cy Young Award and is the subject of rumors about a $200 million contract extension, it’s funny to remember that, at this time last year, Garrett Crochet had not made a single MLB start. Here’s an in-depth look at Crochet’s development into “an elite closer pitching in a starting role.” (Alex Speier, Boston Globe)
But for as much as things have changed for Garrett Crochet over the last 12 months, they haven’t changed as much as they have for Kristian Campbell. Here’s how Alex Cora informed him he’d soon be making his Major League debut. (Alex Speier, Boston Globe)
Cora will be managing Campbell’s first game. Will he still be managing Campbell’s one-thousandth? Cora certainly seems inseparable form and indispensable for the Sox at the moment. (Tara Sullivan, Boston Globe)
As it stands, Cora is fourth on the all-time Red Sox managerial win leaderboard, and will pass Pinky Higgins to move into third before the All-Star break. And he’ll have a chance to stick around or a lot longer and pass Terry Francona if the Red Sox return to the World Series this year, as one prominent writer is predicting. (Eno Sarris, The Athletic)
