Watch Triston Casas slug his fifth home run of the season
Casas is making his case to join the Red Sox sooner rather than later
The Red Sox offense has been dreadful to start the season. Many fans are clamoring for the promotion of Triston Casas. The top prospect is part of a lethal 3-through-5 within the WooSox lineup.
On Sunday afternoon, Casas crushed his fifth home run of the season in front of 9,103 fans at Polar Park. The park was loud and Casas would link up with Jeter Downs to go back-to-back in front of the home crowd.
The Red Sox have gotten no production out of first base this season. Boston recently DFA’d Travis Shaw for assignment, the lefty was 0-19 at the plate. Following Shaw’s release, they called up left-handed hitting Franchy Cordero to platoon with Bobby Dalbec.
The 26-year-old Dalbec has failed to produce at the plate himself. Dalbec is hitting .147 at the plate with one homer and threw RBIs. The right-hander has struck out 23 times while only walking four and has a dismal .213 on-base percentage.
Despite Boston’s first base woes, manager Alex Cora confirmed the club never considered promoting Casas. At some point, Casas will be the Red Sox everyday first baseman. Until then, the slugger needs to continue to work on his craft at the plate.
MassLive’s Christopher Smith recently wrote that Casas “needs to improve vs. left-handed pitchers.”
“All 10 extra-base hits at Worcester this year have come against right-handed pitchers. Yes, it’s a small sample size but he’s just 3-for-22 (.136) against lefties,” wrote Smith.
The Red Sox have internal options that can help the big league roster. Until then, Boston needs to figure out they’re offensive woes and get back on track from Fenway Park this week.
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