The season’s barely underway and already the alarms are going off in Boston Red Sox land, so this emergency episode of Injury Territory steps in as something closer to a bullpen session than a fire drill. Will Carroll takes a measured look at Garrett Crochet and the shoulder issue that has fans hovering over the edge, digging into Crochet’s injury history, workload patterns, and why this latest development might not carry the long-term weight people fear for the Red Sox ace.

From there, the lens widens the way it always does this time of year, when April optimism starts to run headfirst into the realities of tissue and torque. (11:30) Manny Machado and Mookie Betts headline a growing list of early-season concerns, with updates on players heading out on rehab assignments, others breaking down sooner than expected, and the constant churn that defines the first month of the MLB season. It’s not just a rundown of who’s hurt, but why it’s happening, how teams manage it, and what it actually means going forward.

This is an Injury Territory emergency podcast built for fans trying to separate signal from noise, panic from pattern. If you’re tracking MLB injuries, Red Sox news, Garrett Crochet updates, or just trying to understand how injuries shape the season before it really gets going, this is where you start.

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