Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas will not return to winter ball
Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas will not return to winter ball due to a knee injury. Casas was playing for Tigres del Licey in the Dominican winter league.
Prior to his injury, Casas went 2-for-9 (.222) with one RBI, two runs scored, five walks and three strikeouts over three games with Tigres del Licey.
Casas had been dealing with right knee soreness, he underwent an MRI back in Boston that revealed no structural damage. The 22-year-old was hoping to return to action in the Dominican winter league.
“He came back home, we looked at the knee, and we are not concerned,” Bloom said of Casas. “But just given that the soreness was still lingering, given what’s ahead of him — hopefully big things in 2023 — he ended up going back [home] to Florida. At this point, we don’t expect him to go back to [Licey].”
Casas will turn 23 in January and is expected to be the Red Sox starting first baseman. The Florida native made his major league debut in September and batted .197/.358/.408 with one double, five home runs, 12 RBIs, 11 runs scored, one stolen base, 19 walks, and 23 strikeouts over 27 games.
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