Red Sox's Crochet Flops, Fans Worry

0:00On April 25th, the Boston Red Sox built their 2026 rotation around stopping runs, snagging Ranger Suarez in free agency and trading for. Sonny Gray But early on, that star staff is stumbling hard, with a scary crochet leading the flop. The 26-year-old left the owns of 7.88 ERA over his first five starts, including a nightmare against the twins where he gave up. Ten earned runs in under two innings. Coming off a monster 2025 season in Boston, crochet hit career highs in strikeouts and innings, finishing second in American League side. Young voting. Expectations were through the roof, yet he's fallen flat so far, like in Sundays lost to Detroit, where he dominated early, but blew up for four runs. In the fifth, crochet blamed shaky command for not getting ahead of hitters, and the Red Sox staff calls it just a rough patch. Fans in the team want to believe he's fine, but the pressure is mounting on a squad

1:00banking on pitching to compete. Now, at least one national league exec is waving red flags, pointing to crochet's dipping velocity as a real worry to watch. They note his massive workload last year, basically matching his prior three seasons combined, could mean fatigue kicking in. His sinker and cutter stuff ratings are down 8%, overall dropping 5% from last year. Crochet gets his next shot, Saturday at 12.5 pm, IF and Eastern against the Baltimore Orioles and Camden Yards. If he rebounds there, Boston might steady the ship before the slow start spirals further. I'm Cory with the story that your Boston Red Sox news today update, AI powered and always on.