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J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los Angeles Angels (occasionally of Anaheim) from 2012-23 for the Southern California News Group. His first book, The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of All-Time, published in 2015. In 2016, he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for breaking news coverage. He once recorded a keyboard solo on the same album as two of the original Doors.
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Boston Red Sox star Triston Casas left the field on a stretcher Friday after he was injured running out a ground ball in the second inning against the Minnesota Twins at Fenway Park.
Triston Casas stepped awkwardly on top of the first base bag trying to beat out a throw, slipped and fell hard to the ground. He’s been down ever since and is about to be taken off in a stretcher.
— Mac Cerullo (@MacCerullo) May 2, 2025
The first baseman tried to beat out the throw from Twins pitcher Joe Ryan when he slipped, fell to the ground, and did not rise on his own power.
According to WEEI on Twitter/X, the injury appeared to affect Casas’ left knee.
Casas, 25, hit 24 home runs in 2023, when he finished third in American League Rookie of the Year voting. Injuries limited him to 63 games last year, and now he could be in for another long stay on the injured list.
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In 28 games this season, Casas was hitting .184 with a .585 OPS.
Casas missed nearly four full months last season with torn cartilage on the left side of his rib cage.
Any extended absence by Casas will likely prompt calls for the Red Sox to promote outfielder Roman Anthony, the number-1 prospect in baseball.
Although the Red Sox have resisted moving him to first base, Anthony’s hitting prowess could leave Boston’s front office with little choice.
Anthony, 20, entered Friday’s game with a .290/.422/.527 slash line in 26 games at Triple-A Worcester. He’s walked (22) nearly as many times as he has struck out (25).
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A second-round pick by the Red Sox out of high school in 2022, Anthony was a consensus Top-30 prospect in baseball entering the 2024 season. He took part in that year’s Futures Game.
Casas was replaced in Friday’s game by Romy Gonzalez.
More to come on this story from Newsweek Sports.
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