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What can we expect from Red Sox new ace Garrett Crochet? Let's hear from manager Alex Cora!
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Could a Crochet extension be coming?
What can we expect from Red Sox new ace Garrett Crochet? Let's hear from manager Alex Cora!
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Could a Crochet extension be coming?
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00:00Well, it's Wiggy's Talking Football, Courtney's Talking Duke.
00:03I am focused on one thing and one thing only today, and that is, Curtis, baseball.
00:08Thank God.
00:09Baseball's back.
00:10Can we get back to baseball?
00:12Baseball is back, and Alex Cora was on this radio station yesterday afternoon, as he will
00:20be throughout the Red Sox season, and he talked a little bit about his expectation for Garrett
00:28Crochet this season.
00:29We're about to see, but physically he is.
00:30This guy's a monster.
00:31He's big and strong, and the way he goes about his business in the training room, in the
00:37weight room, is ace-like, right?
00:39But now, obviously, we've got to go out there every five days and prove it.
00:43We're going to let him go.
00:46The expectation is 30-plus starts, and help us win as many games as possible.
00:51And I truly believe physically he's different than others.
00:55You'll see him.
00:56He's ready to go, and we have to be smart about it, too.
00:58The way the season starts, there's a lot of games early on, then the schedule actually
01:03benefits us from June, July, and August, so we'll take care of him, and if we do that,
01:08he's going to take care of us.
01:09OK.
01:10They're going to let him go.
01:11So 30 starts.
01:12Does the price go up as long as, I mean, if it's all of those 30 starts and you get great
01:19starts out of them, does the price go up by the end of this season?
01:24Hell yeah, it goes up.
01:26That's why I'm kind of with Bossman on this.
01:29Do your best to sign him now, because the price is going to go through the roof.
01:34Let's say you can get him, and I don't know the number, I know people are like, well,
01:38he's not going to do 27 million what Yamamoto makes, they're like the same age.
01:42Let's say you get him for 30 million.
01:44Max Freed, I think, is getting 36 million a year.
01:48I don't know what Garrett Cole's number is, I think it's like 33, but I think Freed's
01:53the highest paid pitcher.
01:54So if he has 30 starts and a great season, don't you think that number that he's going
02:00to want is north of $35, $36 million a year, and you're going to have to pay him 10 years
02:06similar to what you paid Garrett Cole, because he's only 25 years old, so he's going to be
02:11looking for a 10-year deal north of, what, $350 million?
02:15Yeah.
02:16Well, you said $400 million, Curtis, right?
02:18Yes.