CaliSoxFanViaSWside
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I get the cynicism but as we saw last year everyone except maybe Cease and Zavala and very few others can had down or injured years. Luckily speculating on being terrible for individual players usually doesn't happen . Plenty of guys start slow and things progress. Bad 1st halves turn into good 2nd halves. That's just baseball.
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If by anywhere close to 100% means he's back on the 26 in 2 weeks or less, then has to ramp up to get close to 100% for another couple weeks , the 1st couple weeks of June isn't so bad to put a guy in the pen who will more than likely be one of our best relievers.
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More than likely, however the good news is if you are wrong, is that most agree with you and no one will come back to say you were wrong if you are indeed wrong.
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https://southsideshowdown.com/2022/09/03/fantastic-rumors-update-white-sox-pitcher-garrett-crochet/ This is from early September of 2022 James Fegan does an incredible job covering the White Sox for The Athletic and the provided this very nice update. Hearing what he said about Crochet is amazing for everyone involved as he can be a legit difference maker. It sounds as if based on Fegan’s tweet that Crochet is planning on becoming a starter again in 2023. He prepared for 2021 as a reliever and is preparing for 2023 as a starter. I know things change but I'd wait to hear from Crochet again myself. Crochet and the Sox might be meeting halfway. Crochet wants to be more than a 1 inning guy and I doubt he wants to stop building up his arm at just 3 innings. I'd keep him down at least until June, maybe even July ,and see how he's progressing. Nothing is set in stone at this time.
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Depends on how many innings the Sox want to build him up to. They are going to have a hole or 2 in the rotation next year. They desperately need starters. Crochet has never been an effective starting pitcher before so it may be folly to expect him to become an effective starting pitcher who can go 5 + innings and stay healthy. We have no idea if that is what the Sox want or if they just want a long reliever for this year. Crochet has said he wants to try to be a starter. He has just returned from TJ surgery. USUALLY it takes 2 years to be back to full strength. It's rare a starting pitcher can come back and be effective in his 1st year back. Maybe Verlander can do it this year but remember he has had a LOT of starts in the past. Crochet doesn't have that. Crochet would be in uncharted territory. Remember he wasn't a good starting pitcher even in college . The most innings he ever pitched in college was 65 innings in in 2019 and 63.2 innings in 2018. He threw 54 innings in 2021 for the Sox. On April 2nd 2022, it was announced he would have Tommy John surgery the following week after pitching in Spring Training. I suppose if Crochet agreed perhaps the Sox could use him in long relief this year and allow him to go 3 innings max but is that what Crochet wants to do ? Or does he want to stay in the minors all year and try to build up to more innings and try to be a starting pitcher next year ?
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Andrus had a very nice over all game 1 for 1, 3R Bomb. 2 walks, SB and a great diving play up the middle for the out at 1st base. Grandal hurt when striking out. Probably his back. We'll see if he ends up on the IL and Perez comes up.
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I don't think Crochet is going to be back for a while. It'll take him a while to build up to at least 3 innings if not more than that.
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He went 3 for 4. 2 single to go with the HR and also had an OF assist in the 9tth inning on a throw to 1st base. The rare 2 OF assist day for the Sox as Sheets also had one.
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Especially when the game was in Cincy ?I don't think SHields is a KW guy. Hahn took the blame for trading Tatis. So if you are wrong about that one ....https://stories.mlb.com/live/718305.html it's the 2nd to last one. it's the 2nd to last oneA 2 run HR by Robert and 3 run HR by Andrus power the Sox to a 1 run win 5-4 over the Reds.Never a doubt !Most of these relief pitchers are 1 inning max. Kelly went 1.1Great throw by Robert !Mr. HR in to pitch for the SoxGrandal looked like he tweaked his backGreat job JKTwins telling the Sox to win and the Sox keep saying ' No you win "Great job Jimmy !Nice AB ElvisTime for a walk off .Excellent outing by Gio ! Need runs !Excellent outing by Gio !
