Red Sox Rotation in Crisis: Can Jake Bennett Spark Change?

0:00On May 1st, the Boston Red Sox came in with big plans to compete this year, but their starting pitchers have tanked Hara through the first, 31 games. They're scraping the bottom in key stats. 25th in fan wins above replacement, 26th in earn run average, and dead last in several. Spots like strikeouts and innings pitched. The offense ain't helping, but these arms aren't giving the team a shot in tight games. Big Garrett Crochet, who's sitting on a 6.30 earned run average over 30 innings, thanks to a nagging shoulder injury that's already cost him starts. He's talking like he'll be back in three outings, but pitcher injuries like that rarely play out so clean. Then this brand bellow, the face of the frustration with a 9.12 earned run average and a 2.26 walks plus hits per inning, and six starts. He even snapped at the interim manager after getting pulled early midweek, dodging blame for a rough night. The problem spread wider too. Sunny Gray went down quick, despite workhorse expectations.

1:03Connor early bounces from gyms to disasters without going. Deep, and Ranger Suarez swings from shutouts to blowups. Fans are feeling the heat as the team's early dreams fade. All eyes now turn to Jake Bennett's debut Friday. Maybe he'll like that. Spark the rotation desperately needs to turn this mess around. This has been MLB News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story.