Red Sox pitcher suffers season-ending injury in off-field 'accident'

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Kutter Crawford. Eric Canha-Imagn Images

The Boston Red Sox are having a difficult season, and it keeps getting worse thanks to an unusual injury.

Red Sox pitcher Kutter Crawford is likely out for the season due to an injured right wrist. Manager Alex Cora revealed Wednesday that Crawford injured his wrist in an off-field “accident,” but refused to give details beyond saying Crawford was not doing anything irresponsible.

“I’m not going to get into details,” Cora said, via Tim Healey of the Boston Globe. “It’s not disappointing (to the organization). It’s just an accident. It [stinks] that it happened this way.”

Crawford has not pitched at all in 2025 due to a knee injury, but he was expected to be back at some point. He led the American League in losses in 2024, but he was somewhat unlucky, as he went 9-16 with a 4.36 ERA in 33 starts for Boston. Aside from the unsightly number of losses, those are fairly average numbers from someone who ate up 183 innings for the team.

Outside of Garrett Crochet and Brayan Bello, Boston’s starters have had a rough year. Perhaps Crawford could have stabilized things, but he will not have the chance now.