{"id":52968,"date":"2025-05-04T15:07:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T15:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=52968"},"modified":"2025-05-04T15:07:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T15:07:18","slug":"red-sox-address-rafael-devers-idea-after-triston-casas-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=52968","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Address Rafael Devers Idea After Triston Casas Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-2028847\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??-->The Red Sox confirmed Saturday that Triston Casas\u2019 knee injury will end the first baseman\u2019s season, and the topic of a replacement brought back this idea.<\/p>\n<p>When Boston signed Alex Bregman, it was suggested by fans and some analysts that Rafael Devers could move to first base. The All-Star slugger pushed back on the idea but eventually fully embraced his role as designated hitter. However, that idea was brought back again, and the Red Sox aren\u2019t entirely ruling out the talking point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, we\u2019re not in a place to speak to that,\u201d chief baseball officer Craig Breslow told reporters Saturday, per The Athletic\u2019s Jen McCaffrey. \u201cBut obviously we\u2019ll have conversations internally, and we\u2019ll do the best we can to find the short-term solution, and also one that we feel like can hold up over the long term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox placed Casas on the injured list and selected Abraham Toro to back up Romy Gonz\u00e1lez, who will serve as the starting first baseman. The thought process behind Devers\u2019 move to first base theoretically would open up someone like Masataka Yoshida to the DH. However, Breslow noted those decisions are separate, and manager Alex Cora doesn\u2019t feel it\u2019s necessary to disrupt the rhythm of the lineup so soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom my end right now, no,\u201d Cora told reporters of the idea of moving Devers to first, per McCaffrey. \u201cWe asked him to do something in spring training. And in the beginning, he didn\u2019t agree with it, and now he\u2019s very comfortable doing what he\u2019s doing (at DH). So like I told you guys in spring training, he\u2019s my DH.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Devers struggled in the first weeks of the season, but the 28-year-old picked up his production with a .921 OPS to close out the first month of the season. Also, Devers has never played first base in his pro career. While players like Kevin Youkilis successfully played both positions, Cora noted it\u2019s not an easy switch in the modern game and that he\u2019s comfortable with Toro and Gonz\u00e1lez at first.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>The Red Sox will keep their options open, but it might be too early in the season to make any dramatic moves in the wake of Casas\u2019 injury.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Sox manager Alex Cora and executive Craig Breslow addressed this Rafael Devers idea in wake of Triston Casas&#8217; season-ending injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":52969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Red Sox Address Rafael Devers Idea After Triston Casas Injury - 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