Red Sox, Garrett Crochet accepts an extension of six years and $ 170 million: source
On Monday evening, Boston Red Sox and Garrett Crochet agreed the terms with an extension of the six -year contract of $ 170 million, a team source confirmed to Atletico. The Red Sox agree on a long -term agreement with their appetizer n. 1.
The crochet will earn $ 3.8 million in its last year of admissibility to arbitration this season before the extension starts at the beginning of 2026. The six -year agreement lasts until 2031 and includes a renunciation after 2030.
The agreement marks the largest ever for a pitcher with only four years of service. According to the MLB trade rumors, the largest previous agreement for a player with a service time between four and five years was the 2019 extension of Jacob Degrom with the New York Mets, who guaranteed him $ 120.5 million in the next four seasons (the agreement had an assessment of $ 110.5 million with Deverrals).
When the Red Soxs were exchanged with crochet hook this winter, sending their two most recent choices in the first round in a four -player package to the Chicago White Sox, they expressed serious interest in signing it to a long -term extension, given that it was destined to become a free agent after the 2026 season. But while the spring training ended at the end, Crochet said that he wanted to tact the interviews during the season during the season during the season. To focus on the season and not be a distraction for teammates.
Obviously this has changed.
The 25 -year -old dominated in spring training, hitting 30 out of 66 beats he faced on five departures, while flashed a quick triple ball from his first start.
In the opening of Thursday’s regular season against Texas Rangers, the crochet was not as acute as it had been in the spring, allowing two runs out of five shots and two walks in five inning, hitting four.
Last season for White Sox, Crochet gained his first nod of all-star after an impressive first half with an era 3.02 to 20 departures. He finished the year with an era 3.58 and a 35.1 percent Strikeout rate out of 32 departures, although abbreviated, while the White Sox aimed to keep him healthy who came out of the intervention of Tommy John.
The Red Sox, in need of an anchor for their rotation, pursued crochet for most winter before finalizing the agreement during winter meetings, marking one of the largest operators out of season. Now they have blocked their number 1 of starting the future.
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