{"id":48219,"date":"2025-04-14T12:14:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T12:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=48219"},"modified":"2025-04-14T12:14:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T12:14:56","slug":"red-sox-send-clear-message-to-slumping-triston-casas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=48219","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Send Clear Message to Slumping Triston Casas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1670363380-e1744566339378.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1670363380-e1744566339378.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1670363380-e1744566339378.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1670363380-e1744566339378.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Red Sox Send Clear Message to Slumping Triston Casas\" width=\"780\" height=\"440\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-end=\"432\" data-start=\"0\">Triston Casas\u2019 struggles to start 2025 are becoming a problem. Through 12 games, the Red Sox first baseman is hitting just .174, with 8 hits in 46 at-bats. He\u2019s walked five times but struck out 15, and the power that the Red Sox would emerge this season has been nowhere to be found. Casas has just one home run and four RBI, posting an uninspiring .240 on-base percentage and an ugly .283 slugging percentage for a .523 OPS. He\u2019s been sat against lefties several times, including yesterday against Chicago White Sox starter Martin Perez.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"432\" data-start=\"0\">Manager Alex Cora made a move before Sunday\u2019s game, sliding Casas back to sixth in the order. Casas had been batting cleanup for much of the early season, but the production just hasn\u2019t justified him staying in that spot. Hitting lower should, in theory, give him better matchups and a chance to reset.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"432\" data-start=\"0\">\u201cTriston put some good swings two nights ago but I felt like today was a good day to have this configuration,\u201d manager Cora told Chris Cotillo of MassLive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-end=\"893\" data-start=\"434\">The concerns aren\u2019t just about the results, but the way he\u2019s getting there. Casas looks out of sync at the plate. He\u2019s been late on fastballs, rolling over off-speed stuff, and hasn\u2019t consistently squared the ball up. Pitchers have attacked him with elevated velocity early in counts, and once they get ahead, they\u2019ve been burying him with breaking pitches. Casas also can\u2019t hide behind the sabermetrics that many have used to illustrate his potential. His chase rate is up, and even when he\u2019s getting pitches in the zone, the quality of contact has been poor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-end=\"1668\" data-start=\"1217\">He\u2019s yet to record an extra-base hit off a left-hander this year and continues to look uncomfortable in those situations, as has the entire team. In their seven losses, Boston has managed just a .115 average (9-for-78) with RISP as a team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-end=\"1668\" data-start=\"1217\">Despite offseason trade rumors and his refusal to sign an extension, the Red Sox don\u2019t seem close to giving up on him. But they also need production to start coming from first base. Casas needs to start showing signs that he can be a reliable MLB regular before the spotlight gets even brighter.<\/p>\n<p>Jay Pritchard Covers the Boston Red Sox, Major League Baseball, and sports media for Heavy.com. 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