After Triston Casas’ ‘considerable’ injury, how may Red Sox fill
BOSTON– Particulars remain murky about the left leg injury suffered by Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas on Friday night, however considering he was stretched out and after that taken by ambulance to a local health center, there’s clear issue it’s severe. For the 2nd time in as several years, the Red Sox, regardless of hoping for the very best when it comes to Casas, are dealing with the possibility of missing him for an extended time period.
“It’s a substantial knee injury,” confirmed supervisor Alex Cora. “He’s at the health center right now, getting more tests and all that things. We’ll have more information (Saturday).”
With restricted depth at first base in the company, where will the Red Sox turn at the position? Here’s a look:
Who can play very first and is already on the roster?Romy Gonzalez is Casas
‘backup(and effectively his squadron partner against left-handed starters), logging 60 2/3 innings at first currently this year. The energy guy replaced Casas on Friday and appears like the immediate fill-in. Beyond Gonzalez, there’s very little in the way of options on the active roster. Connor Wong began 6 games at the position last year but the Red Sox didn’t like what they saw enough to mix him in there at all to start 2025. Rob Refsnyder has 227 profession MLB innings at the position but not given that 2020 and the Red Sox attempted, with little success, to get Refsnyder some representatives there at Triple-A last year. Catcher Carlos Narváez got a great bit of work at very first last year at Triple-A with the Yankees(114 innings) however the Red Sox have actually not provided him a look there at all.David Hamilton has never ever played the position in the big leagues. Kristian Campbell never ever played there in the minors and the Red Sox want to keep developing him at 2nd. What about at Worcester?There have been 5 different players to man very first base at Triple-A Worcester this year, consisting of 2 on the 40-man lineup: Vaughn Grissom
and Nick Sogard. Grissom, naturally
a middle infielder who broke into the Red Sox organization playing specifically 2nd base last year, went into Friday with 4 games of experience at first as
the club attempts to develop depth. Sogard, who plays all over the diamond, has seen time at five different spots for Worcester so far.Grissom is most likely the very best instant Triple-A service as somebody with an excellent quantity of big league experience and offending advantage(going into Friday, he’s hitting.289 with 3 homers and an.825 OPS in Triple-A. However Sogard could be a short-term call-up
choice because of his familiarity with the position and capability to switch-hit. The WooSox also have Nathan Hickey, experienced Abraham Toro and Alex Binelas as alternatives. The flexible Toro has 365 major league games under his belt and has struck well so far this year(.917 OPS ), so he might be in the mix.The Red Sox likewise have experienced Yasmani Grandal at Triple-A. Could there be a complicated scenario in
which he turns up as a backup catcher and either Wong or Narváez plays first?Roman Anthony
? Rafael Devers?There are 2 prominent outside-the-box options that the Red Sox most likely will not consider: Roman Anthony and Rafael Devers. Moving either of them to very first base would represent a significant shakeup– and a departure from what the Red Sox want to do.Anthony has never played initially and the Red Sox wish to keep developing him as an outfielder. Just the other day, primary baseball officer Craig Breslow told The Boston World’s Alex Speier that such a relocation wasn’t being
considered at all. Considering Anthony is simply 20 and the Sox are concentrated on his long-term development, the circumstance is a long shot at finest.”I think just provided (Anthony’s )age, there’s still an opportunity for him to establish in the outfield,”Breslow said.”
Till you feel like that remains in a place where there isn’t simply an enormous opportunity cost to taking representatives away, that’s where he ought to be focused,”said Breslow.”And also, I believe obviously, at some point he’s going to be affecting our major league group, and to throw another variable into the mix probably doesn’t make a lots of sense when that transition in and of itself can be difficult at times.Devers, who was relocated to designated hitter this year to accommodate the addition of Alex Bregman, has never ever played first base at any level of the expert ranks. Asking him to do so now, in the middle of a season in which he has actually had no in-game defensive work, would be a high ask. It can’t be totally eliminated(wouldn’t Devers welcome a return to the field?)however is by no indicates a most likely option. And it’s prematurely to entertain what the ultimate, possible return of Masataka Yoshida could indicate for the positional mix.Any external candidates?A year earlier, when Casas tore
cartilage in his rib cage on a swing in Pittsburgh on April 20, Breslow rapidly sprung into action, adding 2 veteran very first baseman in fast succession. He got Garrett Cooper from the Cubs and signed Dom Smith after Smith opted out of a minors deal with Tampa Bay.Veterans on minors agreements are usually offered around May 1. Smith is when again one of them and he’s at Triple-A with the Yankees. Mike Ford (Twins), Jon Singleton and Joey Meneses (Mets ), Trey Mancini(Diamondbacks), Bligh Madris(Tigers) and even old good friend Christian Arroyo (Phillies)are among the potential fits in that boat. Veteran Anthony Rizzo is likewise still a totally free representative but it’s uncertain if he still plans on playing. At 35, he went anonymous all winter season and did not attend spring training with a club, in big part since he didn’t seem like he was getting reasonable deals on the free market after a down season in New York.More Red Sox protection