Boston – For an ephemeral moment on Friday evening, he seemed to be Triston Casas had given the crowd of Fenway Park something to encourage. A Casas check swing produced a gentle chopper in the first base line, which The Minnesota twins launcher Joe Ryan was not able to make a clean field. The mismanagement of Ryan allowed the Casas to jostle to beat Ryan's hasty launch at the first time, causing a natural roar of the spectators of the house when the referee indicated that the Casas were safe.
But silence quickly followed.
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Casas had stumbled immediately after contacting the base and collapsed on the floor holding his left knee. Several members of medical staff rushed to the field while Casas landed on their backs on the grass near the first base. Casas was lifted on a stretcher where he was straight, looking discouraged and fearing the worst when he had left the field and transported to the local hospital. Later, the worst was confirmed: The casas had undergone a broken left ball joint tendon which would require surgery, which means that its 2025 season is over.
Casas' injury threw a disturbing shadow on a Otherwise encouraging 6-1 victory For the Red Sox on Friday, and its impact on the list of Red Sox is still in the early stages to be understood. First and foremost – and as a Boston players, coaches and president of the Craig Breslow baseball operations all stressed in the hours that followed the injury – this is a devastating blow of misfortune for Casas the player and the person.
“They put so much effort and work during the offseason to try to play more than 162, then something as it happens,” said manager Alex Cora. “This is the reason why we do not take him for granted. He likes to be a big fever. He loves it. He likes to come to the stadium at 10 am and go at midnight and do his thing. And you know, for the moment, I think it's going to be removed. But I told him he's going to come back.”
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“We are a big family here who arrives at the stadium every day together,” said third goal player Alex Bregman. “To see one of your guys falling like that, it's really difficult.”
An agitation game cost Triston Casas probably the rest of the MLB 2025 season. (Images Eric Canha / Imagn)
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Since he finished third in the recruit of the Al voted in 2023 and appearing in the anchoring of Boston's programming for years, Casas has had consecutive seasons seriously derailed by injuries. Last year, a torn cartilage in his rib cage maintained it on the shelf for almost four months in the middle of the season, and now a serious knee injury cut its third full season of the major leagues season after only 29 games. For a 25 -year -old man who has been loved from the database of fans on and off the field since his beginnings in 2022, it is a particularly disappointing setback.
Casas started the season as Boston's main cleaning striker, but had gone to places n ° 6 or n ° 7 as a Voltiger WILYER Abreu and recruit Kristian Campbell had both swung hot bats, climbing in turn from the range. But Cora had recently praised Casas's Bats, believing that the profile of power and skating rink that Casas had long been venerated began to reappear. He delivered a Displayed against the White Sox of Chicago April 19 and dominated in consecutive matches next week. When Casas is fine, he represents an imposing left -handed presence and a real headache for opponents already responsible for navigating in a trio of veterans accomplished in Bregman, RAFAEL DEVERS And History of TrevorNo more young talented strikers beyond that.
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“He certainly had trouble in the first month, but that did not change what we thought that his production was able to be,” said Breslow on Saturday. “So it's a big loss.”
This invites the obvious question: what will the Red Sox do the first base without Casas?
Red Sox internal options to replace Casas at 1b
Even before his injury, Boston's list already had a litany of intriguing and scalable puzzle pieces for Cora and Co. to adapt. The alignment of land in particular has been the subject of numerous speeches and debates since Boston signed Bregman as a free agency and decided to move the third long -time goal to DH full time. There was initially speculation that Devers could stay in his natural position while Bregman could go to the second goal, but Boston was determined to keep the key key for the best Campbell prospect and understandable the winning bregman of the golden glove as the best option in the area. Until now, this decision has been cautious with Campbell with a recruit and Bregman I absolutely ratifying, but the end of season injuries of Casas open a gaping hole in the first goal which raises questions on the way in which the Red Sox should take place. Interestingly, Cora was not long in rejecting devers as an option to fill in the first goal, insisting that the organization would prefer that it continues to focus on establishing its routine as daily DH.
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Instead, the Red Sox will rely on a combination of Romy González And Abraham Toro To fill in the first short -term basis. The right-handed right-hander González is the super-Utilityman par excellence, the one who appeared in each position in addition to the launcher and the receiver in the large leagues and turned out to be very capable of hitting the left-handed pitch. Toro, promoted on Saturday from Triple-A while the corresponding movement for Casas being placed on the IL, also played everywhere in the diamond during his nomadic league career. Switch-Hitter, the 28-year-old Toro, struck .310 with Worcester before the call and offers a left-handed element so that Cora mixes and corresponds.
It seems to be the plan … at least, for the moment. There are also some other characters to consider. While Campbell continues to impress as a recruit, the best prospects Roman Anthony And Marcelo Mayer continue to demonstrate why they are so much appreciated with strong projections in Triple-A. But Breslow postponed the possibility of moving Anthony or the Mayer stop stop at the first basis in the hope of acid their impressive left-wing bats in Boston. Anthony in particular has dominated competition and should justify an appeal in the near future, but the Red Sox already juggle the way of doing so in the crowd of crowded fields, not to mention a possible change in position at a pivotal moment of its development. Beyond Anthony and Mayer, the less severe triple-a-way options include another Utilitymanman type Nick SogardThe more marginal prospects Nathan Hickey And Alex Binelas. Vaughn Grissomthe lonely return part besieged in the Dirty chris trade, can also See an increased race at the first base.
So there is the question of Masataka YoshidaThe ultimate strange man among the Boston position group of position players. Yoshida, who started 98 games in DH for the Red Sox last season and is due to around 56 million dollars during the remaining three years on his contract, recovers from an off -season shoulder surgery. Although he appeared in 11 training competitions in the spring and continues to strike – Yoshida was on the match on the field on Saturday by participating in the practice of the striker as usual – he recently experienced pain while launching It delayed his return to actionThat Red Sox would prefer to be in an outdoor field with the DH SPOT. Yoshida is still another piece of confusion for Boston to find room for once it is ready, but it does not seem that they need to understand this for the moment.
Is Anthony Rizzo a realistic option?
As for external options, it is not as if there was a first Albert Pujols seated there while waiting to be picked up in early May, but there is a surprisingly still name on the free market which could be worth a leaflet given the circumstances. Anthony Rizzo was the first basic player for a team of Yankees who went to the World Series last year but found no takers this last off -season in the free agency despite His declared intentions To continue playing at the age of 35. It remains unfinished and represents a particularly intriguing option considering that its history with Boston had been initially written by the Red Sox of the secondary school in 2007 before being exchanged to San Diego Before making his debut in the big league. Rizzo's offensive production has decreased sharply in recent years, and the fact that it is still uncommon suggests teams is wary if it still has a lot to offer. But Breslow said that the Red Sox will consider all the options to replace the Casas, which may include looking outside the organization, whether it is an unsigned veteran like Rizzo or a commercial objective to be determined.
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All this to say: it seems unlikely that the González / Toro combo will remain the plan A for the duration of the season while the Red Sox are looking for a return to the playoffs. For the moment, Boston will step back and evaluate all the options available. Losing a player like him because of an end -of -season injury takes some time for all the treatments concerned – expecting all the answers to be revealed instantly is completely unreasonable. More importantly, the organization focuses on the guarantee that Casas receive the care it needs to ensure a smooth recovery path. And no matter how the Red Sox finally decided to replace it in 2025, his absence will be felt.
“In addition to what we think we were going to go on the offensive side … It is also a great personality and a large part of the clubhouse and the team,” said Breslow.
“We will miss it in all facets.”
