Garrett Crochet believes in the Red Sox’s long-term outlook and hopes to sign an extension to ensure he’s part of that.
Crochet is due $3.8 million this season and has one year of arbitration left before he enters free agency in 2027. Boston believed in the 25-year-old’s ability and was why it traded multiple prospects to acquire the budding ace.
The Red Sox and Crochet continue to work out the details of an extension during spring training, and the southpaw pitcher offered his preferred timeline for the talks.
“For me personally, once the season starts, I would like for whatever conversations are currently being had to be placed on the back burner until the following offseason,” Crochet said this week, per The Boston Globe’s Alex Speier. “We have a big season ahead of us and we’re trying to do a lot of special things. I don’t want to be a distraction for the team in any way and I myself don’t want to be distracted by having to answer these kinds of questions in the media.”
Crochet followed a similar philosophy when he cleared the air on his extension request before last year’s MLB trade deadline. His former White Sox and current Boston teammate Lucas Giolito admitted that thinking about a contract extension with Chicago was detrimental to his season, so it’s possible Crochet doesn’t want anything to cloud his mind as he continues his ascent following an All-Star campaign.
Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow still has time to get a deal done and hopes to do so while trying to accomplish the Red Sox’s goals.
