Boston – For an ephemeral moment on Friday, it seemed to be Triston Casas had given the crowd of Fenway Park something to encourage. A Casas check swing produced a soft clip 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 Casas to shake up to beat the pressed launch of Ryan at the first time, causing a roar of the spectators of the house when the referee indicated that Casas was safe.
But silence quickly followed.
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Casas stumbled immediately after contacting the base and collapsed on the ground holding his left knee. Several members of medical staff rushed to the field while Casas was lying on their backs on the grass near the first. He was then lifted on a stretcher, where he sat down, the air discouraged and feared the worst when he 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, and the impact on the list of Red Sox is always at the start of understanding. 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 that he was 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.”
A Hustle game probably cost Triston Casas the rest of the MLB 2025 season. (Images Eric Canha / Imagn)
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Since he finished third in 2023, the recruit of the year voted and seeming to prepare for the anchoring of Boston's programming for years, Casas has had consecutive seasons derailed by injuries. Last year, the torn cartilage in its 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 season of major leagues 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 began the season as Boston's main cleaning striker, but had moved instead n ° 6 or n ° 7 as aerobatrier WILYER Abreu and recruit Kristian Campbell Bouchant both hot bats, climbing the range in turn. But Cora had praised Casas Battes recently, believing that the profile of power and patience for which Casas has 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.
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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.
“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 to the first base without Casas?
Red Sox internal options to replace Casas at 1b
Even before this injury, Boston's list presented a litany of intriguing and scalable puzzle pieces for Cora 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 -standing goal to DH. There was initially speculation according to which Devers could remain in his natural position and Bregman could go to the second goal, but Boston was determined to keep the key key open for the best Campbell prospect and understandable the winning bregman of the gold glove as the best option in the area.
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Until now, this decision has been cautious, with Campbell with a recruit and Bregman which absolutely rakes. Now, Casas end -of -season injuries open a gaping hole at the start that raises questions about how Red Sox should take place. Interestingly, Cora was not long in rejecting devers as an option to fill at the beginning, insisting that the organization prefers that it remains concentrated on the creation of its routine as DH every day.
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. He started on Saturday, hit the alignment sixth and went 3 for 4 in the 4-3 victory of the Twins.
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 for Cora mixing.
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 are in triple-a demonstrating why they are so much appreciated. But Breslow postponed the possibility of moving the Voltueur Anthony or the Mayer stop-to-and for first in the hope of resuming their 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 moment as pivotal of its development. Beyond Anthony and Mayer, the less experienced triple-A first base options include another type of usefulness Nick Sogard and marginal prospects Nathan Hickey And Alex Binelas. Vaughn Grissomthe besieged return piece in the Dirty chris exchange, could also See an increased race First of all.
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So there is the question of Masataka YoshidaThe ultimate strange man among the Boston position position group. 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. While he appeared in 11 training competitions in the spring and continues to strike – Yoshida was on the match on the field on Saturday, participating in the practice of stick as usual – he recently experienced pain while launching It delayed his return to actionThat the Red Sox would prefer to be in an external field with the occupying DH. 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 who waits to be picked up in May, but there is a name that could be worth a leaflet, taking into account the circumstances. Anthony Rizzo Was the first basic player of a team of Yankees who went to the World Series last year, but he found no takers in this last off -season in free agency, despite His declared intention To continue playing at 35. It remains unfinished and represents a particularly intriguing option by considering its history with Boston, the organization which drafted it from the school in 2007 before being exchanged to San Diego Before its beginnings to the big leagues. Rizzo’s offensive production has decreased sharply in recent years, and the fact that it is still uncommon suggests that the teams doubt that it still has a lot to offer. However, Breslow said that the Red Sox will consider all the options to replace the Casas, who could include looking outside the organization, that this means an unsigned veteran such as 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 be 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 after losing Casas. 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 decide 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.”
