Garrett Crochet details lat/shoulder issues, says he’s not likely to return before All-Star break
With Garrett Crochet, begin at the end: He is nowhere close to returning, so much so that he won’t be back on a major league mound for the Red Sox before the All-Star break, he said. That is still a month away.
In detailing the nitty gritty of his injury saga — a shoulder problem, then a lat problem, now shoulder caution again — Crochet made clear that if the Sox are going to save their season before the Aug. 3 trade deadline, they’ll have to do so largely without him.
“If I hadn’t injured my lat as well, then I’d say, yeah, it’s possible,” Crochet said Friday, before the Red Sox opened a homestand with a game against the Rangers. “But I think that would be really rushing it.”
The Red Sox are very much not rushing it with Crochet, who last pitched on April 25.
“I don’t know how close we are” to Crochet even playing catch, interim manager Chad Tracy said.
Earlier in the week, Crochet described his injury as “a lot worse than what we thought.” On Friday, he sought to clarify that he was referring to the shoulder/overall issue, not the lat specifically.
His strained left lat now is asymptomatic, he added.
Still, the lat has proven to be a bigger setback than expected. Upon suffering that injury in late May, Crochet said he “doesn’t feel like it even deserves that title” of setback, since it was so minor.
Two weeks later, he hasn’t picked up a baseball and has “no clue” when he will.
He has taken this extra time to further strengthen the shoulder. A continued problem in one part of his arm (shoulder) created an issue in another part (the lat), Crochet explained. So he and the team are being ultra-careful now to avoid yet another injury.
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“It was more so falling into a compensatory pattern that kind of forced the lat to take over, and then it was just making sure we calm the shoulder back down before resuming throwing,” Crochet said. “When it initially happened, we expected it to be a shorter window before resuming throwing, and it was just longer than expected.
“We all . . . wouldn’t have expected the shoulder to keep me out as long as it has. When you’re dealing with the capsule, it’s a little finicky and it’s a very crucial component [for] overhead throwing, so it was really something that we didn’t want to rush. Add the lat into that. That’s kind of what I was referring to. It’s just taking longer than expected to bounce back from everything.”
Romy headed out
Romy Gonzalez will begin a rehabilitation assignment with Double-A Portland on Tuesday, he said.
Although he is allowed up to 20 days, he doesn’t intend to take that long, preferring to return to the majors after about 30 plate appearances. He also said he’ll probably play mostly second base — his primary position — but hadn’t discussed it with Tracy & Co. yet.
Gonzalez has missed the entire season so far because of a left shoulder injury sustained near the end of last season. He had surgery in March.
“It’s good news for us,” Tracy said of Gonzalez’s looming return.
In his breakout 2025, Gonzalez slashed .305/.343/.483 (including .331/.378/.600 against lefthanders).\
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Roman Anthony still is not swinging a bat, Tracy said. They are waiting for his sprained right hand/wrist to be pain-free. “I know I keep saying that,” Tracy said. “But nothing’s new at this point.” Anthony also is a longshot to return before the All-Star break . . . The Red Sox sent Johan Oviedo, Tanner Houck, and Kutter Crawford to Florida to continue their rehabs. That opened up some much-needed locker space in a crowded Fenway home clubhouse . . . Nick Sogard (right oblique strain) is due to resume hitting Monday, per Tracy . . . Brayan Bello’s debut with Triple-A Worcester, rained out Thursday, is rescheduled for 6:45 p.m. Saturday against Rochester (Nationals) . . . Jacob deGrom, the Rangers’ starter Saturday, will pitch at Fenway for the second time in his career and first time since September 2018, when he matched up with Chris Sale on his way to his first Cy Young Award. The Sox were on deGrom’s list of teams to meet with during free agency after the 2022 season, but it never happened before the Rangers made an offer (five years, $185 million) he couldn’t refuse.
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