Garrett Crochet Makes ‘Arrogant’ Admission After Red Sox-Yankees Game

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Josh Valdez | Last updated Sep 30, 2025 11:55 PM ET

The Boston Red Sox acquired Garrett Crochet this past offseason for performances like he had on Tuesday. The ace southpaw allowed just one run on four hits across 7.2 innings in Game 1 of the AL Wild Card Series against the New York Yankees on Tuesday.

Crochet also notched 11 strikeouts against no walks and threw 78 strikes out of a career-high 117 pitches. The only run the 26-year-old gave up was on a solo homer by Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe in the second inning.

Crochet struck out New York center fielder Trent Grisham to start the bottom of the eighth before giving up a single to Volpe. The 6-foot-6, 245-pounder then struck out catcher Austin Wells on a 3-2 count before closer Aroldis Chapman took over and recorded a four-out save.

In his postgame presser, Red Sox manager Alex Cora claimed Crochet told him on Monday that he'd only make one call to the bullpen, via NESN.

"He was in the dugout with me... he's like, 'No, ONE. It's gonna be straight to Chappy,'" Cora said.

Crochet then opened up about the story via NESN.

"Just being arrogant to be honest," the veteran said. "I didn't actually expect that to be the case, but when he sent me back out there, I was determined to leave it that way."

Asked if he wished he could throw 130-pitch complete games every five days, Crochet smiled and said:

"I'm not sure that would be sustainable with my velocity. I'm not sure how hard they were throwing back then, but I like to think that I'm prepared to do that even in today's game."

Crochet on this story:

"Just being arrogant to be honest. I didn't actually expect that to be the case, but when he sent me back out there, I was determined to leave it that way." https://t.co/bHwOz4Cv0E pic.twitter.com/ibAKz9wF2Y
— NESN (@NESN) October 1, 2025

Red Sox One Win Away From Advancing

Boston now must beat New York just one more time to face the Toronto Blue Jays in the Division Series. Right-handed pitcher Brayan Bello will start for the Red Sox against Yankees southpaw Carlos Rodon in Game 2 on Wednesday.

New York has the pitching advantage on paper, as Bello went 11-9 with a 3.35 ERA and 1.24 WHIP over 29 regular-season appearances, while Rodon went 18-9 with a 3.09 ERA and 1.05 WHIP across 33 starts. The latter hurler was tied for second in baseball in wins while ranking 14th in ERA and 10th in WHIP. He also ranked 10th with 203 strikeouts.

However, the Yankees will be under more pressure, as their season will end if they lose. If they win, they'll force a Game 3 at Yankee Stadium on Thursday night.

Wednesday's game will start at 6:00 pm. ET on ESPN.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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