"Crochet's fastball is in the high 90s with seven feet of extension. He's got a devastating cutter and a wipeout sweeper. He added a sinker at the end of 2024 that he carried into 2025, and it made him virtually unhittable against lefties. Seriously, he used the pitch 37% of the time, getting 72% strikes overall and 70% groundballs on contact."
"Righties had more success, but only because it'd be hard to have less. Early in counts, he used his fastball and cutter to get ahead. Both pitches returned strikes at a high clip, though the ideal contact rate against each was on the high side. The damage came when he couldn't get the ball inside. Fastballs and cutters on the inner third of the plate and inside returned ICR rates of 26.5% and 32%, respectively, while those over the middle and arm s"
Starting pitching options are grouped into tiers, with Garrett Crochet occupying a tier of his own within the Red Sox rotation. Crochet nearly won the 2025 Cy Young, posting a high-90s fastball with seven feet of extension plus a cutter and wipeout sweeper. He added a sinker late in 2024 and used it heavily in 2025, especially against lefties, yielding 72% strikes and 70% groundballs on contact. Lefties managed just 24 for 145 with a .455 OPS. Righties found more success when Crochet failed to attack the inner third; inner-third fastballs and cutters returned ICRs of 26.5% and 32%.
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