Overview
- Crochet threw a fourth side session at Fenway on Saturday and is scheduled to face live hitters on Tuesday as the next formal checkpoint in his left-shoulder rehab.
- If Tuesday’s live batting practice goes well, the team plans another simulated or live outing and then would likely send Crochet on a rehab assignment to Triple‑A Worcester.
- Crochet was placed on the 15-day injured list in late April with left-shoulder inflammation and has not pitched for Boston since that designation.
- The Red Sox have absorbed his absence with strong starts from Sonny Gray, Payton Tolle, and Connelly Early, which will complicate rotation and roster decisions when Crochet is cleared.
- Other injuries — Roman Anthony’s ongoing swing-related pain after a specialist review and Trevor Story’s sports‑hernia surgery — increase the club’s need for a healthy Crochet while the team monitors his velocity, mechanics, and shoulder response.