Just ahead of his second-ever participation in the MLB’s All-Star Weekend, former Tennessee baseball pitcher Garrett Crochet had the best outing of his young career.
As he continues to build his Cy Young resume with the Boston Red Sox, he tossed a complete game shutout against the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday afternoon. He gave up just three hits, no walks and struck out nine batters in the outing.
The Red Sox needed every single pitch of his performance, as well. Boston won the game 1-0 to push its win streak to nine straight games.
Through 20 starts, Crochet now owns a 2.23 ERA and 10-4 record. This goes with a 3.6 WAR, 1.04 WHIP and 4.7 strikeout-walk ratio. He was named an All-Star for the second straight season due to his strong first half of the year, but announced he is opting to rest instead of pitch in the game.
27 outs for Crochet. 😮💨 pic.twitter.com/P2dcHsk196
— Red Sox (@RedSox) July 12, 2025
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This is Crochet’s first season with Boston after he earned a massive off-season contract worth $170 million over six years. His previous four seasons were spent with the White Sox, where he came out of the bullpen until his final year. In 2024, he was named an All-Star while posting a 3.58 ERA on one of the worst teams in MLB history.
Crochet is from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, and was selected in the 34th round of the 2017 MLB Draft. He opted to head to Knoxville instead, over Texas and Tulane. As a freshman, he threw in 16 games while starting in 11. He was tied for second on the team with five wins and was second in strikeouts at 62. The strikeout mark ranked fifth in program history for a freshman season at the time.
As a sophomore, he helped Vitello make the postseason, where the Vols lost in the Chapel Hill Regional. Crochet finished with a 4.02 ERA and 5-3 record in 18 appearances and six starts. Opponents hit just .268 off of him that year.
His junior season was cut short due to COVID-19. He started in his only appearance, where he went 3.1 innings while allowing no runs on two hits and striking out six batters. He was drafted with the 11th pick of the following draft by the White Sox.
