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Garrett Crochet must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed earlier today as he went out and had the worst start of his MLB career on Monday in a 13-6 loss for the Boston Red Sox against the Minnesota Twins . Typically, Crochet is as reliable as it gets on the top of the Red Sox rotation. But not even the best pitchers are immune to that rare off-night.
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Crochet proceeded to allow 11 runs (10 earned) in just 1.2 innings of work, and he failed to strike out a single batter while allowing nine hits and three walks. This was as poor of a start as it can get for someone of the Red Sox ace's caliber, and this game made his ERA on the season jump from a respectable 3.12 to a ghastly 7.58.
After the game, the Red Sox southpaw reflected on his career-worst performance and noticed that his velocity was down all night. Be that as it may, it's best to have the memory of a goldfish when it comes to matters like this.
"Tonight they made me pay," Crochet said, via Tyler Milliken of 98.5 The Sports Hub. "It's tough. I don't really have anything to say, I'm just gonna flush it as best I can. Move on to the next one. They had a good approach."
There are simply some nights where, as a pitcher, you don't have your best stuff. Crochet's fastball typically sits at around 96 miles per hour, but on Monday, it reached a peak of around 96. That is a concern. His four-seam fastball velocity on the home run he allowed to Ryan Kreidler that made it an 11-0 ballgame clocked in at around 92.7 mph — which is a major drop-off.
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Is there an injury problem bubbling underneath the surface for Crochet? That might be a likely explanation for how poor his pitches were on Monday.
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