It may only be spring training, but if Wednesday’s performance was any indication, Boston Red Sox fans are going to enjoy watching Garrett Crochet pitch this season.

FORT MYERS — Garrett Crochet looked every bit like a front-of-the-rotation force for the Red Sox Wednesday afternoon.

Did Garrett Crochet throw 101 miles per hour during the Boston Red Sox's spring training game on Wednesday? The answer may not be as simple as you think. The in-stadium radar gun at JetBlue Park clocked Crochet at 101 on multiple occasions.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — As Garrett Crochet faced the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday afternoon, the scoreboard flashed 101 miles per hour for one of his pitches in the first inning. That caused a little buzz in the crowd of 7,736 at JetBlue Park. But it turned out the radar gun was running hot.

Garrett Crochet plays for the Boston Red Sox, and that only happened because of what the lefty did at the 2024 trade deadline. As was typically the case for the

Garrett Crochet seemed a bit more open-minded about getting an extension done with the Red Sox in his most recent comments.

Alex Bregman and Garrett Crochet -- the two big offseason acquisitions of the Red Sox -- enjoyed solid debuts in Fort Myers on Sunday.

Garrett Crochet gave some context behind his contract extension request prior to the Red Sox trade in December.