Triston Casas and Ryan Fitzgerald homer for the WooSox on Sunday
Fans are ready for Casas and Fitzgerald in Boston, but is Chaim Bloom?
Ryan Fitzgerald has been on an absolute tear for the Triple-A WooSox. The SoxProspects offensive player April of the Month has been on cruise control at the plate.
On Sunday, Fitzy smacked his eight homer of the season on Sunday. His solo shot in the seventh put the WooSox on board. He’s now mashed eight home runs in 26 games this season.
The 27-year-old continues to impress at the plate for the WooSox furthering his case that he should join the major league club.
Triston Casas also added a home run in the game against the Toledo Mud Hens. Casas’ homer was his sixth of the season.
As Bobby Dalbec continues to struggle at the plate for the Red Sox, fans are keeping a close eye on Casas.
Chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom isn’t in a rush to call up his top prospect.
“It’s obviously something we keep a very close eye on,” Bloom said. “We do with everybody there, but certainly him with what he’s capable of, what his ceiling is. I point to a couple of things. One is that he had a really interesting and great developmental last year, but just because of how it was broken up with the Olympics, moving levels, he wasn’t necessarily in one place for long enough to really have the league make a lot of adjustments to him and then for him having to adjust in return.
“And one of the things about the game today, more than at any point maybe ever, certainly longer than I’ve been in it, is when you get to the major leagues, there is already a book on you. We have a lot of information, and you will get attacked the way you should be attacked from pitch one. So going through that period of making those adjustments is really important for really any young hitter. We saw Jarren (Duran) go through it last year and we see around the league some guys take the league by storm and a lot don’t. Our job is to try to position everybody to be where their odds of success are as good as they can be, and to have him be here when they’re ready to be here. That’s certainly something that we think he can get out of this year. Obviously looking at how he does versus lefties, how he does versus big-league stuff is really important. Just knowing how he or any young hitter’s going to get attacked when they get up here.”
The Red Sox fan base is growing restless with the inconsistent results from the major league club. Bloom may not be ready for Casas but the fans are ready for Fitzgerald and Casas, and soon.
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