For the second straight outing Kutter Crawford was in full management, and Sunday the Red Sox beginning pitcher strengthened his case for a spot within the beginning rotation with a dominant three-inning efficiency within the membership’s 3-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Crawford threw three scoreless whereas permitting two hits, no walks and tallying 4 strikeouts. He threw 38 pitches, 29 for strikes, and restricted the Blue Jays to only a pair of singles.
The remainder of Boston’s pitchers acquired the job performed as nicely, with the Blue Jays solely managing one run on a solo house run by Alejandro Kirk within the prime of the sixth. That got here off Red Sox lefty Brandon Walter, who allowed three hits and a stroll over 2.2 innings with two strikeouts, after which Chase Shugart, Lucas Luetge and Jason Alexander all threw one scoreless inning every, with Alexander locking down the save within the ninth.
Most of Boston’s projected starters have been within the lineup, and of that group Masataka Yoshida had the most effective day. He went 1 for two with an RBI single within the backside of the sixth, and within the backside of the eighth minor leaguers Nathan Hickey and Dalton Guthrie every had RBI knocks to place Boston forward for good.
Jarren Duran additionally went 1 for two, Trevor Story went 1 for 3, and Triston Casas and Enmanuel Valdez every went 0 for 1 with a stroll.
Overall the Red Sox at the moment are 7-3-1 in Grapefruit League play.
Cron signing official
The Red Sox formally introduced the signing of first baseman C.J. Cron to a minor league deal on Sunday, confirming that the previous All-Star will be part of the membership as a non-roster invitee.
A veteran of 10 MLB seasons, the 34-year-old has a confirmed observe document as a right-handed slugger, boasting 4 seasons with 25 or extra house runs. He was an All-Star with the Colorado Rockies in 2022, when he hit 29 house runs with 102 RBI, however final season he was restricted by a again harm to 71 video games, over which he hit 12 homers with a .729 OPS.
Cron is predicted to turn into a right away contender to make the Opening Day roster, and within the coming weeks he’ll go face to face with Bobby Dalbec for the back-up first base job. According to Alex Speier of the Boston Globe, Cron will make $2 million in base wage if he makes the MLB roster and will probably earn one other $500,000 in efficiency bonuses.
Who’s up subsequent?
Josh Winckowski will make his second begin of the spring Monday towards the Detroit Tigers in Lakeland, and he’ll be adopted out of the bullpen by Isaiah Campbell, Justin Hagenman, Andrew Politi and Joely Rodriguez. He will face off towards Tigers lefty Tarik Skubal, who has already been introduced as Detroit’s Opening Day starter. First pitch is scheduled for 1:05 p.m.
Source: www.bostonherald.com