Taking a look at the choices for very first base help in Worcester:

WORCESTER– Abraham Toro was notified late Friday night that he would be headed to Boston to help stem the tide at first base after Triston Casas suffered a season-ending injury in the Red Sox’ win over Minnesota.While Toro will figure

into the equation for Boston in the short term, there are some alternatives in Worcester who can assist down the road, though for some, more time at first base will be required before they can handle the position in the majors. The greenest alternative initially base but a great offensive option is Vaughn Grissom, who has extremely minimal experience at the position, playing there four times this season for the WooSox.”I understand he’s been all right, “WooSox manager Chad Tracy stated

.” It’s learning process, right? There’s been some truly great plays, and after that there’s been some different plays that have actually discovered him where he gets kind of caught in between.”Tracy stated on days when Grissom isn’t playing first, the group plans

to increase his associates initially base throughout practice.”He’s more than capable,”Tracy said.” It’s simply a matter of continuing to accumulate practice

associates and stuff like that.” Grissom is most likely the very best offensive option, striking.287 with 3 crowning achievement and eight doubles in 28

games with Worcester this season. Nick Sogard, who has actually ended up being something of a super-utility guy over the past couple years, has somewhat more

experience initially base-all of 45 innings in the minors-however has actually done work at very first throughout warmups and fielding practice over the previous couple of seasons. Nathan Hickey will likely get the bulk of the playing time initially in Worcester given that they have

Blake Sabol and Yasmani Grandal contending for at-bats at catcher, Hickey’s other position. Hickey’s bat presents a left-handed power option, but he also starts out at a high clip. Toro saw some time initially for the WooSox however got the majority of his starts at 3rd base. He’s been among Worcester’s finest hitters all season, slashing.310/.403/.480 in 28 games.”[ Toro] absolutely gives them a left-handed choice, so in my opinion, it makes good sense on a lot

of levels,”Tracy said. “And he’s been among our finest players this year, extremely professional at-bats.” Toro appeared in 94 games with the A’s last year and struck.240 with six homers, 17 doubles, 26 RBIs, a. 293 on-base portion and a. 643 OPS.” He played a heck of a lot more initially base in spring than he did third just because of how thin we existed,”Tracy included.

“He manages himself around the bag receiving throws and looks comfy.” Mud Hens 7, WooSox 2 Playing in his first game considering that April 19, Trayce Thompson released a two-run, 420-foot homer that left the bat at 109 miles per hour. Unfortunately for the WooSox,

that would be practically all the offense they could muster both before and after the one hour, 48-minute rain delay. Brian Van Belle was touched for four operate on six hits in his 3 2/3 innings before the deluge. Jose De Leon made his organizational debut after being triggered from the development list previously this week and kipped down 3 1/3 strong innings of work, allowing an unearned run on one hit and one walk and striking out 5. He acquired 11 whiffs and averaged 92 miles per hour on his fastball.What’s Next The WooSox finish the series-and the two-week homestand -on Sunday at 1:05 p.m. with Robert Stock on the hill for Worcester. After that, the WooSox embark on a two-week journey beginning against Lehigh Valley.