{"id":98306,"date":"2024-03-01T05:34:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T05:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/?p=98306"},"modified":"2024-03-01T05:35:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T05:35:53","slug":"alex-cora-seeks-this-step-forward-for-red-soxs-kutter-crawford-hong-nhung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/alex-cora-seeks-this-step-forward-for-red-soxs-kutter-crawford-hong-nhung\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Cora Seeks This Step Forward For Red Sox\u2019s Kutter Crawford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kutter Crawford pitched his way into a rotation spot for the Boston Red Sox last season and returns as a starter in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/card_img\/1763363682698903552\/bvvRv5f8?format=jpg&amp;name=large\" alt=\"NESN on X: &quot;Kutter Crawford is ready to pitch deeper for the Red Sox in  2024. https:\/\/t.co\/svuuxk2nvX&quot; \/ X\" width=\"530\" height=\"298\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The right-hander gave innings to a Boston rotation that at times had just three healthy starters and rarely got through five innings throughout the second half of last season. Crawford stepped up when the Red Sox needed him, making 23 starts while\u00a0growing into his future.<\/p>\n<p>Crawford\u00a0likely projects\u00a0as the No. 4 starter given the current setting of Boston\u2019s rotation. His outings consistently tallied around 85 pitches in five innings for most of 2023, a standard that his manager hopes he can build upon in 2024.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Going into the season we&#39;re going to have five. Obviously we don&#39;t know who they are yet.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Alex Cora breaks down the battle for spots in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedSox?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@RedSox<\/a> rotation on our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpringTrainingTour?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SpringTrainingTour<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KGYm0IZ74J\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/KGYm0IZ74J<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xdPWU1igrA\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/xdPWU1igrA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM (@MLBNetworkRadio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLBNetworkRadio\/status\/1763331059532382380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did an amazing job last year as a starter,\u201d Alex Cora told\u00a0MLB Network Radio\u00a0on Thursday. \u201cHe got stronger. We asked him to do that. Now, it\u2019s just a matter of getting over that hurdle. Getting to the fifth and sixth inning and maintain his stuff throughout the outing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox have a talented bullpen that can produce at a high level when rested. Starters like Crawford look to go deeper into outings on a consistent level this season to set the table for their relievers.<\/p>\n<p>Crawford\u2019s production in 2024 will be an early sign of how far the Red Sox can go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kutter Crawford pitched his way into a rotation spot for the Boston Red Sox last season and returns as a starter in 2024. The right-hander gave innings&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":98308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}