Triston Casas has begun to incorporate baseball activities into his offseason workouts following knee injury in Dominican League
Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas provided an update nearly 10 weeks after he dealt with knee soreness while playing in the Dominican Winter League. The young slugger says he is in good spirits.
“The knee is felling better,” Casas told Joe McDonald of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette on Friday. “It was a little bit of a scare when I was in the Dominican. I tried to play through it a little bit, assuming that it was just a kink because I hadn’t played in 10 days between the end of the big league season and the first game of that season.”
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The Red Sox sent Casas to play winter ball in the Dominican to get additional at-bats following an injury-riddled 2022 season. During his short three-game stint with Tigres del Licey, Casas went 2-for-9 (.222) with five RBIs.
Casas ended up flying back to Boston soon thereafter and underwent an MRI that revealed no structural damage in his knee. Ultimately, the knee injury ended his Dominican League season. Casas wound up heading home to Florida to recuperate his injured knee.
“It healed up well,” Casas said in regards to resting his knee. “I’m starting to run, starting to sprint and progressing back to pretty much being 100-percent healthy.”
The 22-year-old has begun incorporating baseball activities into his offseason workouts in preparation for spring training in February.
“I’m progressing well with all my workouts and my swing progression has been on point,” said Casas. “I’m starting to incorporate some defensive drills. Defense for me is a lot of footwork, so I’ve been working on my agility and I’m confident it will translate onto the field.”
Casas hit .273 with 11 home runs, 38 RBIs, and posted a .382 OBP in 72 games for the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox. The Florida native achieved goal and made his big-league debut with the Red Sox in September and posted a .197 average with 5 home runs, 12 RBI and a .358 OBP in 27 games for Boston.
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