Overview
- Manager Alex Cora made the announcement at spring training in Fort Myers with a humorous, expletive-laced quip.
- Crochet is slated to pitch Game One in Cincinnati.
- This marks his second consecutive Opening Day start for Boston.
- He finished 2025 with a 2.59 ERA, 255 strikeouts, and 205.1 innings, leading MLB in strikeouts and the AL in innings.
- Despite adding Sonny Gray and Ranger Suarez, media coverage presents Crochet as the clear leader of a deeper Red Sox rotation.