00:00And a lot of people yesterday after the game, they wanted to freak out Garrett Crochet having
00:03another rough start. I'm not worried. He is the least of my concerns right now. And maybe I'm a
00:08little crazy for saying that. The velocity was back to where it needed to be yesterday. He made
00:12some adjustments to his arsenal. A lot more of the four-seamer than the cutter than we had typically
00:15seen. But from innings, essentially two all the way up into the fifth inning, he looked like the
00:20guy I was looking for. What fell apart? It's the command. And that continues to be the regular
00:23thing. He falls behind guys, whether it's 2-0, 3-1, gets back in the zone. The command is not
00:29good enough at this point in time. It's not where it was a year ago for him to survive
00:32that way. And even in Alex Spears' article, there was a little nugget in there that stood
00:37out to me about it's not tipping. That's not the issue. It's not his stuff going down in
00:41a big way. It's actually a mechanical thing. And Lucas Giolito have the same problem about
00:45almost being too square to the plate. That's why his stuff isn't as deceiving as you typically
00:49see. I think Garrett Crochet is going to be fine. I think yesterday was a big step in the
00:53right direction. What's not going to be okay is the Red Sox offense. You're tied for last
00:57and homers. Nice of Wilson Contreras. They hit a homer yesterday. It was almost life-changing
01:01just to see it happen on the baseball field. But the way they need to score runs isn't
01:05via homers. They need to put the ball in play. They need to get on base. And they just can't
01:09chase outside of the zone. They don't do any of those things right now. And I don't think
01:12there's a lot saying that they're going to be able to fix it.
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