White Sox reliever Garrett Crochet is expected to undergo Tommy John surgery
Chicago White Sox reliever Garrett Crochet has UCL damage that will likely require Tommy John surgery, the White Sox announced today. Crochet is getting a second opinion, but if he does need surgery, he will likely be out until the summer of 2023.
Crochet is a hard throwing left handed pitcher who went 11th overall on the 2020 MLB Draft out of the University of Tennessee. Crochet had limited experience as a starter in college, but the stuff was such that he was seen as having frontline starter potential if he could adapt to a starter’s role. Crochet has worked as a reliever in the majors for Chicago, making his debut just a couple of months after being drafted and being a key weapon out of the ChiSox pen in 2021.
Crochet was seen as a potential Ranger target in 2020, had he dropped to #14, where Texas selected that year. The Rangers ended up picking Justin Foscue.