Southpaw pitcher Garrett Crochet had an incredible 2024 campaign for an otherwise absurdly terrible Chicago White Sox squad.
The No. 11 overall pick in the 2020 draft underwent Tommy John surgery in April 2022, missing all of that season and most of the following year. Between the pandemic, that lengthy recovery, and the fact he had been used exclusively in a relief role at the MLB level, Crochet logged a grand total of 88.2 innings across all levels from 2020-23.
As such, the White Sox were much more cautious with him in the second half of the season, last allowing him to pitch into the fifth inning on June 30.