Red Sox Sign Garrett Crochet To 6-Year Extension
Digest more
Top News
Overview
The deal is the largest ever for a pitcher with four-plus years of service time, according to ESPN.
From Fox News
Left-hander Garrett Crochet is "here to stay" after signing a six-year contract extension with the Boston Red Sox worth a reported $170 million.
From Reuters
Read more on News Digest
The Yankees signed veteran reliever Adam Ottavino to a major league deal on Tuesday, adding him to their bullpen.
Liam Hendriks faces a delay in his Boston Red Sox debut due to elbow inflammation. Learn more about his recovery plan.
Richard Fitts and the Red Sox bullpen also had good showings in the opening series, while two top prospects impressed in Triple A.
The Red Sox will have their home opener on Friday, April 4 when they welcome the St. Louis Cardinals to Boston for a three-game set. It's the start of a seven-game homestand, with the Blue Jays in town for four games from April 7-10.
BALTIMORE — Only 27 Massachusetts natives have started a game on the mound in Red Sox franchise history. Make it 28 pitchers when left-handed starter Sean Newcomb, a Brockton native who graduated from Middleborough High, takes the hill Monday for Boston against the Orioles here at Camden Yards.
On Tuesday, the Yankees signed right-handed reliever Adam Ottavino to bolster their bullpen. It's his second tour with the Yankees.
Yates is a Los Angeles Dodger now. Robertson is a free agent. Only long-relief man Gerson Garabito (who threw 26 1/3 innings last season) and young right-hander Marc Church (who pitched in just one game) are holdovers from last year’s bullpen. That’s left the Rangers to work with the trio of Garcia, Martin and Jackson.
Cedric Mullins had 4 RBIs and the Orioles scored 4 runs in the first and eighth innings to beat the Red Sox, 8-5, in their home opener.
2d
Yardbarker on MSNRed Sox players pranked star rookie over his first HRBoston Red Sox rookie Kristian Campbell hit his first career home run on Saturday, and the team’s bullpen tried to make him suffer for it.