FORT MYERS, Fla. — It lasted only 27 pitches and he couldn’t quite get through the second inning with his prescribed pitch count, but Garrett Crochet judged his first spring training start — and first in a Red Sox uniform — a qualified success.
“Good, good,” said Crochet of the truncated start against the Toronto Blue Jays. “I was really just working on first-pitch strikes and getting ahead, so the four-pitch walk hurt. Beyond that, I thought I competed well.
