FORT MYERS, Fla. — As Garrett Crochet faced the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday afternoon, the scoreboard flashed 101 miles per hour for one of his pitches in the first inning. That caused a little buzz in the crowd of 7,736 at JetBlue Park. But it turned out the radar gun was running hot.

It may only be spring training, but if Wednesday’s performance was any indication, Boston Red Sox fans are going to enjoy watching Garrett Crochet pitch this season.

The Boston Red Sox fanbase had been clamoring for a huge offseason for quite some time, and they finally got it this winter. The team made moves like signing fo

Did Garrett Crochet throw 101 miles per hour during the Boston Red Sox's spring training game on Wednesday? The answer may not be as simple as you think. The in-stadium radar gun at JetBlue Park clocked Crochet at 101 on multiple occasions.

FORT MYERS — Garrett Crochet looked every bit like a front-of-the-rotation force for the Red Sox Wednesday afternoon.

Garrett Crochet plays for the Boston Red Sox, and that only happened because of what the lefty did at the 2024 trade deadline. As was typically the case for the

BREAKDOWN: Masataka Yoshida and David Hamilton had RBI singles in the fifth inning to give the Sox a 3-1 lead, and they held on from there. Garrett Crochet was dominant, firing three shutout innings and striking out seven.

The Boston Red Sox's spring training matchup with the Tampa Bay Rays wasn't on television on Wednesday. But those who were in attendance at JetBlue Park witnessed a masterpiece. Offseason trade acquisition Garrett Crochet took to the mound for the third time thus far in spring training,