MLB · P · Boston Red Sox
Garrett Crochet
B/T L/L · 6' 6" · 245 lb · born Ocean Springs, MS, USA · age 27 · draft 2020 rd 1 · played P 6 · MLB debut 2020-09-18
Injured 60-Day · Left shoulder inflammation. (roster status, as of )
138 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
A 6'6" left-hander from Ocean Springs, MS, Crochet was the 2020 first-round pick and at 27 already has 586 strikeouts in 142 career games — better than four per appearance.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
What he’s paid
Under contractA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of .
- 2026 salary
- $24.67M
- Tax hit
- $28.33M
- Service time
- 5 yr 28 d
- Guaranteed
- $170M
The deal 6 years $170M (2026–2031) — $28.3M a year on average, worked out by us rather than stated on the sheet, and not the same thing as the tax hit above
On the sheet: 6 y/$170M (26-31) · agent CAA · 3 / 3 options left
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | $28.7M | $28.7M | $28.7M | $28.7M |
| Tax hit | $28.3M | $28.3M | $28.3M | $28.3M |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Boston Red Sox.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $28.3M
- Guaranteed
- $170.0M
- Term
- 6 yrs
- His class
- Extension
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $24.0M | $28.0M | $28.0M | $28.0M | $28.0M | $30.0M | $15.0M |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
Two sources, read a month apart, put this guarantee at the same dollar. That is the check, and it passed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
Collect Garrett Crochet
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The Bureau on Garrett Crochet
The scouting press, in their own words
Ceddanne Rafaela has a little bit of quad tightness so Tracy took him out in a blowout. Garrett Crochet will throw a bullpen session on Boston on Friday.
Tanner Houck will pitch in a "bridge league game" tomorrow in Fort Myers. Johan Oviedo will throw another live BP down there this week. Garrett Crochet continues playing "mound catch" with "more intent" and hasn't yet thrown a bullpen.
Umpire favor
+0.5 net runs over 6 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
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