The Red Sox gave Garrett Crochet a six-year, $170 million extension despite him logging only 151 innings total as a major league starting pitcher to date.

When Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow sent four prospects to the White Sox in December for Garrett Crochet, he had no intention of the emerging lefty ace being a short-timer in Boston. And that is sure not to be the case now.

The Boston Red Sox and starting pitcher Garrett Crochet reportedly agreed to a six-year, $170 million contract after the team acquired Crochet in the offseason.

The Boston Red Sox finally did what everybody surrounding the team has been thinking by locking down southpaw starter Garrett Crochet to a six-year, $170 million contract that starts in 2026. Boston went out this offseason and acquired Crochet via trade with the Chicago White Sox after he had a stellar year in his first season as a starter.

The Red Sox wanted a measure of protection in case Crochet suffers a major arm injury. In order to give that, Crochet had to get further benefit if he remained healthy.

Have the Red Sox learned their lesson? After being either unable or unwilling to retain their own top homegrown players — good morning to you, Marcus Lynn “Mookie” Betts — the Sox have taken a far more aggressive approach of late to signing their top young talent.

Breaking down what the extensions for Crochet, Raleigh, Tanner Bibee, Brandon Pfaadt and Alejandro Kirk might mean for similar players.

The Boston Red Sox traded for Garrett Crochet this past offseason and reportedly ensured they will keep him for the foreseeable future Monday. ESPN's Jeff Passan reported the American League East team and southpaw agreed to a six-year,

Ace left-hander Garrett Crochet has agreed to a record-breaking six-year, $170-million US contract with the Boston Red Sox.

There is plenty to overreact to after the Red Sox' 1-4 start to the 2025 season. Here are the five biggest overreactions to Boston's first five games.

Casas will not start Monday in Baltimore, Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic reports. The top four in Boston's order hit a combined .138 (9-for-65) during a season-opening series that saw the Red Sox lose three of four games in Texas.

Cade Povich (0-0) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Orioles -145, Red Sox +121; over/under is 9 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Baltimore Orioles begin a three-game series at home against the Boston Red Sox on Monday.

There’s never been a five-game start as astounding – statistically, and circumstantially – as Rafael Devers’ grim 2025 beginning for the Red Sox.

Rafael Devers is off to a historically bad start for the Boston Red Sox, going 0-for-19 with 15 strikeouts to start the MLB season.

Rafael Devers is a familiar face for the Boston faithful, who see him on the wrong side of MLB history after the Red Sox's first three games. Boston's 28-year-old lefty slugger has struck out 10 times in his first 12 at-bats,

The Yankees brought back a familiar face Tuesday, signing Adam Ottavino to a major league deal and adding him to the active roster in time for their series opener against Arizona in The Bronx. The move comes with closer Devin Williams being put on the paternity list.

After three straight years of not making the post-season, the Red Sox have made the upgrades, it would seem, not to fall off in late summer as we have seen of late.

The former first round pick fulfilled a dream on Monday, starting for his childhood team against the Baltimore Orioles.

Boston Red Sox designated hitter Rafael Devers became the first major leaguer to strike out 12 times in a season’s first four games

This story was excerpted from MLB Pipeline's newsletter. Subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. We haven’t even reached a week of the 2025 Major League Baseball season, and we’ve already seen five Top 100 prospects debut in The Show: Roki Sasaki,

Gonzalez made his first start of the season, filling in for Triston Casas against a lefty. Red Sox manager Alex Cora said during spring training that Casas would not be subject to a platoon, but he was on the bench with Boston facing its first lefty of the season.