{"id":565963,"date":"2026-02-11T10:28:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/565963\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T10:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:28:32","slug":"red-sox-ace-garrett-crochet-added-a-brand-new-pitch-this-offseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/565963\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Ace Garrett Crochet Added A Brand New Pitch This Offseason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/teams\/mlb\/boston-red-sox\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Red Sox<\/a> ace Garrett Crochet\u2019s pitch arsenal will look slightly different in 2026. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/timbhealey\/status\/2021289714381164995?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Boston Globe\u2019s Tim Healey<\/a>, Crochet has adjusted his changeup and made it more of a splitter.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A new, minor twist for Garrett Crochet this season: His changeup (which he threw just 4% of the time last year) is now more of a splitter, thanks to a new grip he learned at Vanderbilt over the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Healey (@timbhealey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timbhealey\/status\/2021289714381164995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s surprising that Crochet felt the need to make any changes to his approach at all this winter, considering how successful he was in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>After being acquired from the Chicago White Sox in the prior offseason, the left-hander made an immediate impact in Boston, posting an 18-5 record across 32 starts. His 2.59 ERA ranked sixth in the majors, while his 1.03 WHIP placed him among the league\u2019s elite.<\/p>\n<p>Crochet led the American League with 255 strikeouts, showcasing his devastating swing-and-miss stuff over a career-high 205.1 innings pitched. He limited opponents to a .217 batting average and allowed just 24 home runs, demonstrating strong command and the ability to dominate deep into games. His performance earned him an All-Star nod, a second-place finish in AL Cy Young voting, and eighth place in AL MVP balloting. He also contributed to Boston\u2019s push toward the postseason, including a strong showing in the AL Wild Card Series where he struck out 11 over 7.2 innings in Game 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The season marked a significant step forward for Crochet, who built on his 2024 breakout by handling a full workload without injury setbacks. His consistency helped elevate the Red Sox rotation and provided the team with reliable, high-quality starts throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boston Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet\u2019s pitch arsenal will look slightly different in 2026. According to The Boston&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,922],"class_list":{"0":"post-565963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-garrett-crochet"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116051529277158225","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}