Key Highlights
- The Boston Red Sox’s star Garrett Crochet has struck a $170 million deal with the organization, effective from the 2026 season
- His contract extension offer is the largest in this category and reflects his crucial position in the team’s lineup
- Garrett Crochet has amassed earnings equal to $11,198,650 from his contracts with the Chicago White Sox and the Boston Red Sox, per Spotrac’s data
The Boston Red Sox finally augmented their lineup with the signing of Garrett Crochet. The left-handed pitcher created a buzz among fans by ruling the mound in the 2024 season. He displayed his pitching prowess with 209 strikeouts and a WHIP of 1.07, giving opponents a headache. According to Spotrac’s records, the Boston Red Sox is paying him $3.8 million as part of the payroll salary in 2025.
The 2026 season is going to be grander financially for this talented pitcher as the Boston Red Sox has struck a long-term deal featuring a $170 million contract extension. Let’s explore the details of Crochet’s contract with the Red Sox, as his Opening Day performance played a crucial role in the Red Sox’s 5-2 win over the Rangers.
Details of Garrett Crochet’s recent contract extension with Boston Red Sox
How will Garrett Crochet be placed next season? This is the question almost every Red Sox fan thought about when they saw the LHP starting the opening day. To their delight, the organization has roped him in for a long-term deal, which will cover the seasons 2026-2031. It is the largest offer in the contract extension category and a wise move by the Red Sox towards solidifying the opening lineup.
Details of Crochet’s new contract with the Red Sox are:
- Length of contract term: 6 years
- Contract value: $170,000,000
- Average annual salary: $28,333,333
- Escalators available: $10M
Crochet will be able to exercise the opt-out option in 2031, his sixth season with the Red Sox. If the Red Sox fail to retain him for the ensuing season, the left-handed pitcher will become a free agent in 2032.
Garrett Crochet’s contract value and earnings in 2025
Garrett Crochet, the left-handed star pitcher, was traded to the Red Sox via a one-year contract with the organization. The Red Sox recently extended his contract for six years. Previously, the Chicago White Sox traded him for Kyle Teel, Braden Montgomery, Wikelman Gonzalez, and Chase Meidroth to the Red Sox, according to MLB records.
In 2025, his career earnings from his contracts with the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox reached $11,198,650.
Crochet was inducted into the MLB by the Milwaukee Brewers in June 2017, but he could not display his skills as he remained unsigned until 2020. The Chicago Sox moved him to the playing roster by offering him a signing bonus of $4,547,500. Injuries disrupted his initial years, but he displayed enormous determination to excel in his craft. Eventually, he bagged the 2024 AL Comeback Player of the Year award last year.
According to Spotrac’s data, the 2024 All-Star has a market value of $130 million, mirroring the earnings he is likely to make from his 6-year contract with the Boston Red Sox.
Garrett Crochet’s record-breaking new contract with the Red Sox is a formidable MLB career progression. His earnings are quite likely to increase in the coming years with brand endorsements, a usual next step in the career of proven players like him. During his time with the White Sox, his face appeared on The MLB Show, the video game, which must have added to his popularity as well as earnings.
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