In his third start of Spring Training for his new team, Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet came out firing, as evidenced by multiple radar readings of 101 mph on the JetBlue Park scoreboard. Boston’s home Spring Training park is not equipped with Statcast,

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Walker Buehler is interested in remaining in Boston for the foreseeable future. Earlier in the offseason, Buehler signed a one-year contract worth $21.05 million after spending his entire professional career with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Garrett Crochet gave some context behind his contract extension request prior to the Red Sox trade in December.

The Boston Red Sox made several upgrades on their roster this offseason. They added two-time World Series champion Walker Buehler and left-handed Garrett Crochet to their rotation.

While the AL East is one of the most crowded divisions in baseball, few teams had quite the offseason that the Boston Red Sox put forth. The team remade its bullpen, topped off its starting rotation with the addition of Garrett Crochet and Walker Buehler and finally added the right-handed bat the team sorely needed with last's month's signing of Alex Bregman.

The Boston Red Sox will aim to end their postseason drought this year after going three seasons without a playoff appearance.