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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-alex-cora-brutally-honest-struggling-slugger-triston-casas');   ga('set', 'title', 'Red Sox manager Alex Cora gets brutally honest on struggling slugger');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Red-Sox-skipper-Alex-Cora-in-the-dugout.jpg"><figcaption>Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Red Sox manager Alex Cora gets brutally honest on struggling slugger</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-15T16:43:20-07:00">April 15th, 4:43pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-15T16:43:43-07:00">April 15th, 4:43pm</time><address><a>Alex House</a>Alex House is a sports journalist who covers the NFL, NBA, and MLB for ClutchPoints. He grew up in a New York sports-heavy region in Connecticut and earned his journalism degree at the University of Rhode Island. His in-depth knowledge of two of the most passionate and raucous fan bases in the country gives him a truly unique writing voice.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Boston Red Sox (8-10) focused much of their attention on strengthening the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/mistretta-musings-garrett-crochet-success-chris-sale-red-sox">starting pitching rotation</a>, but the identity of this ballclub will ideally be tied to its lineup. Manager Alex Cora has a number of promising and productive position players he can call upon. The problem, however, is that half the lineup is falling well short of expectations. Triston Casas is one of a few core players who is noticeably struggling in the early portion of the season.</p><p>The 25-year-old first baseman flashed All-Star upside when he belted 24 home runs and posted a .490 slugging percentage during his rookie 2023 campaign. A rib injury (torn cartilage) decimated his 2024 season, limiting him to only 63 games. The hope is that a healthy Casas establishes himself as one of the best power hitters in baseball.</p><p>But he is not looking like the same guy who displayed a wealth of promise in the second half of 2023. The No. 26 overall selection in the 2018 MLB Draft has a meager .175 batting average, .242 on-base percentage, .281 slugging percentage and .523 OPS in 16 games for the Red Sox. The extended slump is reminiscent of the brutally slow start he lumbered through as a rookie, so perhaps an ice cold April is just part of the one-of-a-kind <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-triston-casas-rafael-devers-comments-alex-cora-response">Triston Casas experience</a>.</p><p>Or, maybe it is not that simple. The 6-foot-4 native of Florida, who is generally lauded for the meticulous approach he takes at the plate, is not exhibiting the poise Boston has become accustomed to seeing. Cora is aware of some of the <a href="https://x.com/IanMBrowne/status/1912258902508626391" rel="noopener">decision-making issues</a> that are presently plaguing the left-handed hitter.</p><h2><b>Red Sox want Triston Casas to stick to the process that helped him break out</b></h2><p>“In between. He hasn’t played that much either, and he’s still learning his swing, his craft,” the 2018 World Series-winning skipper said, per MLB.com’s Ian Browne. “And one thing from Day One that I noticed, when he got called up, there was a lot of conviction behind his plan. Right now, he’s not there.</p><p>“You can see him taking fastballs in the middle of zone. You can see his takes. They’re a little bit hesitant, 3-2 takes, pitches in the zone that he will usually at least foul it off, he’s not doing that. He’s not walking either. And that’s a part of his game.”</p><p>People will talk about Casas’ eccentric nature or his endless gift of gab, which is magnified following the release of Netflix’s “The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox,” but he can silence all the chatter by having good at-bats. Casas is unlikely to boost his numbers until he regains his confidence at the dish.</p><p>He aims to get on track in Tuesday’s road game versus the Tampa Bay Rays.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Red Sox manager Alex Cora gets brutally honest on struggling slugger

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He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Life in the AL East is rather unforgiving, and the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting/red-sox-vs-rays-prediction-odds-pick-4-14-2025">Boston Red Sox were on the receiving end of a 16-1 beatdown</a> from the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday. The Rays tagged the Red Sox for nine runs in the third inning alone, and by the time that fateful half-inning ended, the Red Sox found themselves down 14-1 — which should trigger the mercy rule on MLB The Show next inning.</p><p>Over the course of a 162-game season, losses like this shouldn’t get a team too down. After all, this still counts as just one defeat on the win-loss column, and they can easily redeem themselves later tonight on the second game of the series. But losses like this require someone to take accountability, and Red Sox manager Alex Cora <a href="https://twitter.com/tylermilliken_/status/1911963462294524283" rel="noopener">took the initiative to do so</a>.</p><p>“It seems like there was a team that was prepared for the other one. The other one wasn’t prepared for them. And that goes from the top all the way to the bottom. That wasn’t a good night for us. I’ll take the blame, because it seemed like our team wasn’t ready to go,” Cora said in his postgame presser, via Tyler Milliken of 98.5 The Sports Hub.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Alex Cora makes it clear the Rays were prepared for tonight and the Red Sox weren't. Puts the blame on himself. <a href="https://t.co/dfq4z1D6oo">pic.twitter.com/dfq4z1D6oo</a></p><p>— Tyler Milliken (@tylermilliken_) <a href="https://twitter.com/tylermilliken_/status/1911963462294524283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>But as much as Cora would want to take the blame, it’s not like he was the one who threw some absolute meatballs to the Rays; Tanner Houck, if anyone, deserves to take accountability for the loss, as he allowed a bonkers 11 earned runs in 2.1 innings of work. Perhaps Cora could have pulled him earlier, but it’s not wise either to overtax the bullpen this early in a series.</p><p>Regardless, this is simply a night to forget for the Red Sox, and they will look to go again and avenge this brutal 15-run loss when they face the Rays tomorrow on 7:05 PM E.T.</p><h2><b>Inconsistency is the name of the game for the Red Sox</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Red-Sox-manager-Alex-Cora.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/mistretta-musings-garrett-crochet-success-chris-sale-red-sox">Red Sox were very vocal of their plans to compete</a> in the AL East this past offseason, and yet the start of the 2025 season is proving to be more of the same of 2024. Last season, they finished 81-81, unable to string together a strong run of play that can push them far away (in a positive way) from the .500 mark.</p><p>The good news is that no team in the AL East has separated itself from the pack yet, and with two games left in their series against the Rays, the Red Sox have a golden opportunity to start making their mark.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Alex Cora calls out culprit behind Red Sox’s brutal 16-1 loss to Rays

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He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>A star left-handed pitcher makes his MLB debut with the Chicago White Sox, establishes himself as a star and ends up getting traded to the Boston Red Sox. The pitcher immediately excels in Boston, proving that he can handle the pressure of a big-market. There are two specific pitchers who those two sentences could describe — Chris Sale and Garrett Crochet.</p><p>Sale led Boston to a World Series victory in 2018. It seemed as if the Red Sox had certainly made the right decision by trading for him. Then 2019 happened.</p><p>Sale pitched to a lackluster 4.40 ERA across 25 starts. From 2020-2022, the left-handed hurler was limited to a total of 11 big league starts due to injury. In 2023, he struggled over 20 starts, recording a 4.30 ERA. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/braves-news-atlanta-reason-chris-sale-trade-red-sox">Red Sox ultimately traded Sale to the Atlanta Braves</a> following the ’23 campaign.</p><p>Sale rewarded Atlanta by winning the National League Cy Young, but that’s besides the point.</p><p>Sale’s time with the Red Sox, aside from his first season, simply did not go to plan. Injuries unquestionably played a role, but he struggled for the most part as well.</p><p>With Crochet, the left-handed pitcher has also started his Red Sox career especially strong. He has pitched to 1.38 ERA up to this point. Additionally, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/red-sox-news-garrett-crochet-reacts-near-no-hitter-revenge-outing-white-sox">Crochet fell just a couple innings short of no-hitting the White Sox</a> in a recent start.</p><p>Will Crochet’s Red Sox career follow a similar trajectory to Sale’s, or will it be different?</p><h2><b>Garrett Crochet poised for successful Red Sox career</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Garrett-Crochet-pitching-at-Fenway-Park.jpg"><figcaption>Eric Canha-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>In a sense, Crochet will get to further establish himself as a star with the Red Sox. Sale had already pitched for seven years before getting traded to Boston. Crochet, however, has technically only pitched in four seasons at the MLB level. The left-handed pitcher has only appeared in 25 or more games on two separate occasions.</p><p>In 2020, Crochet made five appearances out of the bullpen. The White Sox continued to use him as a reliever in 2021, as he appeared in 54 games in relief. He ended up missing all of 2022 due to injury. Crochet returned in 2023 as a reliever once again, pitching in 13 games.</p><p>It wasn’t until 2024 that Crochet became a full-time MLB starting pitcher. He found no shortage of success, turning in a 3.58 ERA across 32 starts.</p><p>Sale also pitched in relief in his first two seasons with the White Sox. Chicago had him begin to start games in 2011, which was his third year in the league.</p><p>From 2011-2016 before the trade, Sale started 148 games. Crochet, meanwhile, had started only 32 games before this season.</p><p>Crochet is fresh. He should have plenty left in the tank. Sale bounced back in 2024, but he was clearly running out of gas with the Red Sox. Freak injuries unfortunately happen all of the time, but Crochet is going to pitch at a high level as long as he can stay healthy. Running out of energy won’t be a concern.</p><h2><b>How much success will Crochet find in Boston?</b></h2><p>Crochet was selected to his first All-Star team a season ago. If the 2025 season ended today, Crochet would probably win the American League Cy Young Award. There is plenty of season left to go of course, but Crochet is on the right path.</p><p>It would not be surprising to see Garrett Crochet establish himself as a consistent Cy Young candidate in the American League. He features one of the highest ceilings of any pitcher in the sport.</p><p>The White Sox unquestionably made the right decision by having him become a starter in 2024. The Red Sox are now receiving the benefits of that decision.</p><p>Boston has been looking for its next ace. The search is over now, as Crochet projects to be the ball club’s ace of the future.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mistretta’s Musings: Why Garrett Crochet will find more success than Chris Sale with Red Sox

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-garrett-crochet-reacts-near-no-hitter-revenge-outing-white-sox');   ga('set', 'title', 'Garrett Crochet reacts to near no-hitter for Red Sox in revenge outing vs. White Sox');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Red-Sox-pitcher-Garrett-Crochet-1.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Garrett Crochet reacts to near no-hitter for Red Sox in revenge outing vs. White Sox</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-14T06:33:09-07:00">April 14th, 6:33am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-14T06:33:09-07:00">April 14th, 6:33am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli is a Senior Editor and NFL Lead at ClutchPoints. He recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Boston Red Sox managed to avoid getting swept by the Chicago White Sox on Sunday, picking up a much-needed 3-1 victory thanks in large part to a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/red-sox-news-garrett-crochets-no-hitter-vs-white-sox-broken-up-player-trade">stellar outing from Garrett Crochet</a>. Facing his old team, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/red-sox-news-garrett-crochet-blunt-take-white-soxs-future-trade">Crochet got a sweet taste of revenge</a>, twirling 7.1 innings of no-hit action before Chase Meidroth logged Chicago’s first hit of the game with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning.</p><p>In his fourth start for Boston, Crochet showed why the team recently handed him a mammoth six-year, $170 million contract extension. Crochet was mowing down his former teammates all day long, as he racked up 11 strikeouts while giving up the aforementioned hit and one walk along the way. After the game, Crochet made it clear he was <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/garrett-crochet-takes-no-hitter-into-eighth-inning" rel="noopener">ready to go the distance</a> if he didn’t give up a hit to Meidroth.</p><p>“I felt like I kept a lot in reserve,” Crochet said. “I didn’t really start ramping it up there in velo until later in the game. I feel like I could’ve thrown five more innings. I was feeling really good.”</p><h2><b>Garrett Crochet’s stellar outing gets Red Sox back in the win column</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Garrett-Crochet_5f8ec9.jpg"><figcaption>© Matt Marton-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Once Crochet’s no-hit bid was over, the Red Sox immediately had to work to hold onto their lead against the White Sox. Garrett Whitlock allowed his inherited runner from Crochet to score, but he was able to escape a jam and ensure the game stayed at 2-1 entering the ninth inning. A solo home run from Trevor Story, who drove in the other two runs Boston scored earlier in the game on a deep double to right field, gave Boston an extra insurance run that they ultimately did not need.</p><p>With this win, the Red Sox pushed their record back up to 8-9, which is a lot better than being 7-10. Still, their lineup needs to find a way to give Crochet and their pitching staff more support, as they scored just six total runs over their three-game series against the White Sox. Boston will look to reel off their second straight win when they open a three-game set against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Garrett Crochet reacts to near no-hitter for Red Sox in revenge outing vs. White Sox

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-garrett-crochets-no-hitter-vs-white-sox-broken-up-player-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet’s no-hitter vs. White Sox broken up by player in trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Garrett-Crochet_5f8ec9.jpg"><figcaption>© Matt Marton-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet’s no-hitter vs. White Sox broken up by player in trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-13T13:36:59-07:00">April 13th, 1:36pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-13T13:36:59-07:00">April 13th, 1:36pm</time><address><a>Ryan Bologna</a>Ryan Bologna is an author at ClutchPoints. He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Garrett Crochet took a no-hitter into the 8th inning against his former team, the Chicago White Sox, on Sunday. After getting Michael A. Taylor to pop out for the first out, infielder Chase Meidroth, who was in the blockbuster trade that sent Crochet to the Red Sox, broke up the no-hitter with a single to left field.</p><p>The White Sox sent <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-stories/red-sox-news-garrett-crochet-blunt-take-white-soxs-future-trade">Crochet to the Red Sox</a> for a <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42914221/sources-red-sox-finalizing-trade-garrett-crochet" rel="noopener">prospect package that included</a> Meidroth, catcher Kyle Teel, outfielder Braden Montgomery and right-handed pitcher Wikelman Gonzalez in the trade. Teel was the headliner in the trade, but Meidroth figures to be a piece for the future for the White Sox. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-garrett-crochets-170-million-contract-best-vote">Red Sox extended Crochet for $170 million</a> recently.</p><p>Red Sox manager Alex Cora immediately pulled Crochet after Meidroth’s single, turning to Garrett Whitlock. It was not exactly smooth, as back-to-back singles by Brooks Baldwin and Matt Thaiss cut Boston’s lead to 2-1, but Whitlock was able to hold it there.</p><p>Crochet ended up with 7.1 innings pitched with one earned run, one walk and 11 strikeouts. It is a bit unfortunate that he got an earned run added to his line, but this is the type of performance that the Red Sox were expecting when they acquired him. Crochet is one of the best pitchers in baseball on a per-inning basis, but the question was regarding his health, as he has not been a starting pitcher for long.</p><p>The Red Sox did extend the lead back to two, as a Trevor Story home run made the score 3-1 in the top of the ninth inning. Aroldis Chapman closed it out in the bottom of the 9th inning, and Boston was able to salvage the third game of the series against Chicago. It was a disappointing weekend to lose a series to one of the weaker teams in MLB, but the Red Sox move to 8-9 overall and are still very much in the thick of what should be a tight AL East race.</p><p>Up next for the Red Sox is a series against the Tampa Bay Rays starting on Monday at George M. Steinbrenner Field.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet’s no-hitter vs. White Sox broken up by player in trade

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He recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Boston Red Sox appeared to be in cruise control on Saturday in their contest against the Chicago White Sox, but <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/red-sox-on-verge-of-getting-swept-by-white-sox-after-broadcasters-diss">that changed</a> when starting pitcher Richard Fitts was abruptly forced out of the game with a right pectoral strain. Now that he’s headed to the injured list, the Red Sox have promoted former Rookie of the Year Michael Fulmer back to the majors for the first time since 2023.</p><p>Fulmer broke into the big leagues back in 2016 with the Detroit Tigers, immediately winning Rookie of the Year and then earning an All-Star selection in 2017. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/chicago-cubs/cubs-news-michael-fulmer-out-2024-season-ucl-surgery">Injuries</a> and poor pitching derailed his career, even after he briefly appeared to find his way as a reliever in 2021. Now, he’s <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44658101/michael-fulmer-called-red-sox-tommy-john-return" rel="noopener">getting another shot</a> with the Red Sox, presumably as a starting pitcher, in Fitts’ absence.</p><p>“Former American League Rookie of the Year Michael Fulmer, returning from Tommy John surgery, was brought up from the minor leagues Sunday when the Boston Red Sox placed right-hander Richard Fitts on the 15-day injured list with a right pectoral strain,” ESPN reported.</p><h2><b>Red Sox hoping Michael Fulmer can return to form with Red Sox</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/The-Red-Sox-have-been-widely-inconsistent-early-in-the-season.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Whether or not Fulmer has anything left in the tank remains to be seen, but he’s been decent through three outings in Triple-A to start the season, allowing four earned runs over 11.2 innings of work, while also picking up 18 strikeouts. Doing so at the major league level is obviously a completely different task, but Fulmer has proven in the past he’s capable of being an All-Star caliber pitcher.</p><p>Fulmer’s stint in the majors may not ultimately be that long, as Boston has Brayan Bello, Lucas Giolito, and Liam Hendriks closing in on their own returns from injury. He will look to make the most of his return to the majors, though, and it will be worth keeping tabs on him to see when he gets the ball for the Red Sox amid their pitching injury crisis.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Red Sox promote former Rookie of the Year in injury move

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/mlb-stories/red-sox-news-garrett-crochet-blunt-take-white-soxs-future-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Garrett Crochet drops blunt take on White Sox’s future after Red Sox trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Red-Sox-pitcher-Garrett-Crochet_95ad2f.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Garrett Crochet drops blunt take on White Sox’s future after Red Sox trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-13T06:20:29-07:00">April 13th, 6:20am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-13T06:20:29-07:00">April 13th, 6:20am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli is a Senior Editor and NFL Lead at ClutchPoints. He recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/chicago-white-sox/garrett-crochet-trade-grades-for-red-sox-white-sox">Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox pulled off a blockbuster trade</a> over the offseason that saw ace starting pitcher Garrett Crochet go from Chicago to Boston. With his new team facing off against his old team, Crochet kept it 100% real when discussing the White Sox and their future now that he finds himself on the Red Sox.</p><p>For a point in time, Crochet appeared set to be a key piece of Chicago’s future, but now, he’s set to lead Boston’s starting rotation for the foreseeable future after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-garrett-crochets-170-million-contract-best-vote">signing a six-year, $170 million contract extension</a> with the team shortly after the start of the 2025 campaign. And now that he’s with the Red Sox, it’s clear that Crochet <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/garrett-crochet-discusses-joining-red-sox-in-return-to-chicago" rel="noopener">isn’t too concerned</a> with what happens for the White Sox moving forward.</p><p>“Not really, no,” Crochet said when asked if he wants to see the White Sox’s return for him in their trade with the Red Sox pan out for them. “If it does, cool. If it doesn’t, cool. I’m just hoping to keep stacking starts and make sure it works out for Boston.”</p><h2><b>Garrett Crochet looking to help Red Sox get back in the win column</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Garrett-Crochet-has-the-tools-to-become-a-dominant-pitcher-for-the-Red-Sox.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Crochet has only made three starts for Boston, but he’s looked the part of an ace so far, posting a 1.45 earned run average while striking out 17 batters. The problem is that the Red Sox lineup has been scuffling to start the season, as they have trudged out to a 7-9 record despite their pitching staff doing their best to prevent their opponents from scoring runs consistently.</p><p>The result has seen Boston lose the first two games in their three-game series against Chicago, who are viewed as arguably the worst team in the league. It will be up to Crochet to help his new squad avoid an embarrassing sweep, as he will take the mound on Sunday afternoon for the Red Sox when they take on the White Sox at 2:10 p.m. ET. Shane Smith will get the ball for Chicago as they go for the sweep.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Garrett Crochet drops blunt take on White Sox’s future after Red Sox trade

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He has written 10 books, including "Who's Better, Who's Best in the NFL." He has won multiple awards from the Pro Football Writers of America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/red-sox-news-alex-cora-doesnt-hold-back-embarrassing-white-sox-loss">Boston Red Sox</a> got beaten up in a recent home series against the Toronto Blue Jays. Boston lost the first three games of the series before salvaging the finale in extra innings. While the last game of that series was going on, Red Sox television announcers Dave O’Brien and Will Middlebrooks breathed a sigh of relief because the team’s next opponent was the woeful Chicago White Sox.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"The White Sox invent ways to lose games." – Dave O'Brien</p><p>"The trip to Chicago could be coming at the perfect time." – Will Middlebrooks </p><p>The Red Sox announcers are excited about their upcoming trip to Chicago. <a href="https://t.co/BKaDEWZm7W">pic.twitter.com/BKaDEWZm7W</a></p><p>— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href="https://twitter.com/awfulannouncing/status/1910446123191533765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>After Chicago set the record for the most losses in the modern era in 2024, the White Sox were off to a troubling 2-10 start in 2025. As  a result, O’Brien set up his broadcast partner, saying “the White Sox invent ways to lose games.”</p><p>Middlebrooks did not hesitate, saying the trip to Chicago to play the White Sox was “coming along at the perfect time.”</p><p>Instead of rolling into the Windy City and wiping the South Side with the White Sox, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/red-sox-news-garrett-crochet-drops-truth-bomb-on-new-red-sox-catcher">the Red Sox</a> have lost the first two games of the series and are in danger of getting swept.</p><p>Chicago rolled over the Red Sox in their Friday night game at Rate Field by an 11-1 margin. Boston manager Alex Cora used the term “embarrassing” to describe the Red Sox effort in that game. The Red Sox made five errors, their pitching was poor and their offense was nearly non-existent.</p><p>While the Red Sox were competitive Saturday, they suffered a 3-2 defeat when Brooks Baldwin singled home the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning off of closer Aroldis Chapman.</p><h2>Red Sox hoping to win finale with ex-White Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet on the mound.</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/The-Red-Sox-have-been-widely-inconsistent-early-in-the-season.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Boston has been a streaky team early in the season. They started the year by losing four of their first five games against the Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles. They followed that by winning five games in a row, earning two road wins against Baltimore before sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals in a three-game series at Fenway Park.</p><p>Since finishing off St. Louis, the Red Sox have dropped five of their last six games. The lack of clutch hitting has been the biggest issue in their most recent poor run. First baseman Triston Casas has been their biggest culprit as he is slashing .176/.236/.294 with 1 home run and 3 RBI while striking out 16 times in 51 at bats. He is also struggling in the field, committing a key error in the Friday night loss and letting another base hit sneak under his glove.</p><p>Casas is not the only problem as Rafael Devers has fanned 21 times and All-Star Jarren Duran is hitting just .231 and has yet to hit a home run.</p><p>The Red Sox will try to take the final game of the series when ex-White Sox star Garrett Crochet takes the mound Sunday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Red Sox on verge of getting swept by White Sox after broadcasters’ diss

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He has written 10 books, including "Who's Better, Who's Best in the NFL." He has won multiple awards from the Pro Football Writers of America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/red-sox-news-garrett-crochet-no-hitter-mindset-boston-fans">Red Sox</a> are hoping to return to glory in 2025, and a big part of their hopes revolve around their starting pitching rotation. The biggest move they made in the offseason was trading for powerful left-handed pitcher Garrett Crochet from the Chicago White Sox, and he is off to a notable start with his new team.</p><p>The Red Sox suffered a key blow early in the season when starting catcher Connor Wong suffered a fractured little finger on his catching hand and was placed on the Injured List. As a result, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/red-sox-news-alex-cora-doesnt-hold-back-embarrassing-white-sox-loss">Red Sox signed</a> veteran catcher Yasmani Grandal to a minor league contract. Once Grandal gets a few games under his belt, the Red Sox could elevate him to the big league club.</p><p>If they do, the move will get the stamp of approval from Crochet. The two worked together when both were with the Chicago White Sox. Crochet believes that Grandal is a true professional who <a href="https://x.com/ChrisCotillo/status/1911172457144131902">brings out the best</a> in his teammates.</p><p>“Some of the best preparation I’ve ever seen,” Crochet said, per Red Sox beat writer Chris Cotillo. “Good work ethic. I just recall, when me and him played together, as soon as I’d get to the field, I’d get to the weight room and he’d already be in there going through his prep routine seven hours before the game. Always known to be a hard-worker and very heavily prepared.”</p><h2><b>Red Sox are depending on Crochet and Walker Buehler at the top of the rotation</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Yasmani-Grandal-has-worked-well-with-Garrett-Crochet-in-the-past.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Crochet made a name for himself while pitching for the White Sox last season. The 6-6, 245-pound southpaw was an All-Star last season, striking out 209 batters in 146.0 innings. While he had a 6-12 record, he had a 3.58 earned run average for a team that set the record for the most losses in the modern era.</p><p>He is off to an excellent start with the Red Sox. Crochet has a 1.45 ERA in his first 18.2 innings, striking out 17 batters and compiling a 1-1 record. He is scheduled to start Boston’s Sunday afternoon game against the White Sox in Chicago.</p><p>Grandal has played 13 seasons in the big leagues, including four years as a primary catcher for the White Sox. He has hit 194 home runs in his career and driven in 592 runs. Grandal is a two-time All-Star, and he had his best season with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2019 when he hammered 28 home runs and drove in 77 runs.</p><p>The catcher is known for his framing ability behind the plate, but he has struggled when it comes to throwing out base runners at this point in his career. Grandal played for the Pittsburgh Pirates last season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Garrett Crochet drops truth bomb on new Red Sox catcher

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-garrett-crochet-no-hitter-mindset-boston-fans');   ga('set', 'title', 'Garrett Crochet’s ‘no-hitter’ mindset will get Red Sox fans pumped up');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Garrett-Crochet-pitches-against-Rangers.jpg"><figcaption>Tim Heitman-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Garrett Crochet’s ‘no-hitter’ mindset will get Red Sox fans pumped up</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-12T15:42:57-07:00">April 12th, 3:42pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-12T15:42:57-07:00">April 12th, 3:42pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Garrett <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/red-sox-news-red-sox-garrett-crochet-message-front-office-humbling-orioles">Crochet has enjoyed plenty of great performances</a> in his career. During a recent media availability, the Boston Red Sox star pitcher <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/garrett-crochet-discusses-joining-red-sox-in-return-to-chicago" rel="noopener">revealed the mindset</a> he takes into every start, via Scott Merkin of MLB.com.</p><p>Spoiler alert: Red Sox fans will absolutely love what Crochet said.</p><p>“I’m chasing greatness every time I touch the mound,” Crochet said. “Everybody is. I want to throw a complete-game, no-hitter. And then as soon as the first hit’s given up, I’m like, ‘All right, let’s move on.’ But it’s just seeing how many zeros I can put up every time I go out there.”</p><p>Trying to throw a no-hitter each time he takes the mound? Sox fans won’t complain about that.</p><p>In all reality, many big league pitchers take the mound with this mentality. Once the first hit is given up, they move on and pitch a bit more carefree. The thought of turning in a no-hitter — or even a perfect game — is a driving force for many hurlers in each start, though.</p><p>Garrett Crochet unquestionably features the potential to completely silence an opposing lineup in any given outing. There is a reason why the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/red-sox-news-boston-garrett-crochet-agree-to-monster-170-million-extension">Red Sox signed Crochet</a> to a $170 million contract extension. Boston does not care if he throws no-hitters, though. The Red Sox will be content with quality starts on a consistent basis.</p><p>And heck, if he wants to mix in some shutouts, complete games and no-hitters, the team certainly won’t mind.</p><p>At the moment, Garrett Crochet and the Red Sox are in Chicago playing the left-hander’s former team, the White Sox. One has to imagine that Crochet would love to see his current team take care of business against his former ball club.</p><p>Crochet is not pitching on Saturday, but he will draw the start on Sunday against the White Sox.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Garrett Crochet’s ‘no-hitter’ mindset will get Red Sox fans pumped up

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-alex-cora-doesnt-hold-back-embarrassing-white-sox-loss');   ga('set', 'title', 'Alex Cora doesn’t hold back after Red Sox embarrassing White Sox loss');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Red-Sox-manager-Alex-Cora.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Alex Cora doesn’t hold back after Red Sox embarrassing White Sox loss</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-12T09:42:42-07:00">April 12th, 9:42am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-12T09:42:42-07:00">April 12th, 9:42am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli is a Senior Editor and NFL Lead at ClutchPoints. He recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/blue-jays-news-manager-john-schneider-calls-out-umpire-red-sox-loss">Boston Red Sox followed up their feel-good walk off win</a> over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday with a putrid 11-1 loss at the hands of the Chicago White Sox on Friday. Not much went right for the Red Sox in this one, and after the game, their manager Alex Cora did not hold back when discussing his team’s performance.</p><p>The story of Boston’s season so far has been their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/red-sox-news-rafael-devers-nightmare-finally-over">inability to drive in runs on a nightly basis</a>. While that was an issue once again, it wasn’t the only one. Sean Newcomb struggled on the mound once again, and defense behind the pitching staff was atrocious, as the team committed five errors, which contributed to five of Chicago’s 11 runs. Cora made it clear after the game that everyone knew it was a “<a href="https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2025/04/alex-cora-on-red-sox-5-error-night-horrible-but-you-cannot-panic.html" rel="noopener">horrible</a>” outing for the Red Sox.</p><p>“It’s a horrible night. We know it,” said Cora. “Everybody knows it (in) there (the clubhouse). It’s a horrible night in every aspect of the game.”</p><h2><b>Alex Cora, Red Sox looking to bounce back after ugly loss to White Sox</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Alex-Cora.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>With this loss, the Red Sox fell back below .500 as their roller-coaster ride to start the season has continued. While they have had big series wins against the Baltimore Orioles, they dropped three of four games against both the Blue Jays and Texas Rangers, and now, they got mopped by one of the worst teams in the league in Chicago.</p><p>Slow starts aren’t impossible to overcome, but Boston needs to begin playing better in all three phases of the game if they want to make a postseason run like they are expected to after putting together a strong offseason of work. The Red Sox will be back in action on Saturday afternoon, where they will send Richard Fitts to the mound against their old friend Martin Perez as they look to push their record back up to .500.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Alex Cora doesn’t hold back after Red Sox embarrassing White Sox loss

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-walker-buehler-violent-claim-taming-blue-jays');   ga('set', 'title', 'Walker Buehler makes ‘violent’ claim after taming Blue Jays');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Red-Sox-news-Walker-Buehler-makes-violent-claim-after-taming-Blue-Jays.jpg"></figure><h1>Walker Buehler makes ‘violent’ claim after taming Blue Jays</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-10T19:45:38-07:00">April 10th, 7:45pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-11T15:41:10-07:00">April 11th, 3:41pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Boston Red Sox have been streaky so far this season. After getting hot and winning five straight, the team hit a three-game skid and faced a four-game sweep by the Toronto Blue Jays. Boston sent Walker Buehler to the mound Thursday. The Red Sox landed the two-time All-Star on a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-walker-buehler-agrees-21-million-contract-boston">one-year, $21.05 million contract</a> this offseason.</p><p>While Buehler is expected to vastly improve the team’s rotation, he got off to a rocky start in 2025. But on Thursday, he appeared to <a href="https://x.com/NESN/status/1910483606176137507" rel="noopener">turn a corner</a>.</p><p>“I just felt more violent than I have in a long time. That’s how I play when I’m good. So I’m pretty pleased with it,” Buehler explained to reporters after the outing, per NESN on X.</p><p>“This week was a big one for me just in terms of workload because I’m trying to figure it out, and I’m kind of tired of sucking. So you know, I kind of pushed my chips a little bit more in the table this week than I typically have. And for that to pay off is kind of a big win for me personally… today felt like a big game for as early as it is in the year,” Buehler noted, via NESN.</p><h2><b>Walker Buehler hopes to return to form with the Red Sox</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Walker-Buehler.jpg"><figcaption>Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The veteran righty had his best start in some time against the Blue Jays. Buehler went 6.1 innings and allowed just one run on four hits with one walk and seven strikeouts. However, he was engaged in a pitching duel with Toronto’s Chris Bassitt, who tossed 5.2 innings and allowed one run on five hits with five strikeouts.</p><p>Still, Buehler kept the Red Sox in the game, and Boston was able to tie things up in the eighth before rallying for the win in the 10th inning and avoiding the sweep at home. After giving up nine earned runs in 9.1 innings over his first two starts this season, Buehler looked comfortable on the mound Thursday.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-walker-buehler-reveals-why-he-left-dodgers-for-red-sox">Buehler left the Dodgers for the Red Sox</a> this offseason after helping the team’s playoff push in 2024, which included recording the final out against the Yankees in the World Series. After missing a great deal of time over the last three seasons <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-dave-roberts-reveals-details-walker-buehler-recovery-plan-tommy-john-surgery">due to Tommy John surgery</a>, Buehler hopes to return to his early Dodgers form, when he looked like one of the best pitchers in baseball.</p><p>In addition to Buehler, the Red Sox landed starting pitcher Garrett Crochet in a trade with the Chicago White Sox and signed third baseman Alex Bregman this offseason.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Walker Buehler makes ‘violent’ claim after taming Blue Jays

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