Casas' Left Knee Strikes Season Early, Devers Will Not Change Position For The Time Being

MLB Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox announced bad news today: first-baseman Triston Casas has undergone surgery for a rupture of the patellar tendon in his left knee and has been reimbursed for this season, and who will replace the first baseman position will be the next issue.

Casas was injured in the first game of the series against the Two Cities on Saturday (3rd) and underwent surgery today after an examination to determine the extent of the injury, and he will not be able to return until the 2026 season. It is worth mentioning that Casas only played 63 games last season due to a torn left rib cartilage, but in the first 29 games of the season after returning this year, they only handed in poor statistics of 1 in 82 batting average, 3 hits, and an attack index of 0.580.

Red Sox head coach Alex Cora said of Casas' fitness and on-court struggles: "He worked hard to keep himself fit after last season, but things didn't go as smoothly as he would have liked, and now we have to focus on his recovery and hopefully he can come back on the court with a stronger body next year."

As for the substitute for first base, Romy Gonzalez was in charge of the two games including today, and he played 199 games last year, with a 3-to-27 batting percentage and an attack index of 0.831 in 16 games this year, but the home run has not yet been released.

After Casas was added to the injury list, the Red Sox moved triple-A minor league player Abraham Toro to the major leagues, Toto set a career-high single-season high with 364 strikes with the Athletics last year, and he came to the Red Sox late in the season with a 3-for-1 batting average, 2 hits, and an attack index of 0.883 in 28 minor league games.

The biggest concern is whether Rafael Devers could take advantage of Casas' absence to become a regular first baseman for the Red Sox, but it doesn't seem like a good chance at the moment.

Craig Breslow, president of Red Sox Baseball, said, "We're not at the point where we can talk about it publicly, but we've mentioned internally that we're doing everything we can to find a near-term solution and we're looking for someone who can take over the position for the long term."

If that happens today, Devers might have a chance to move to first base, but after the worst record in major league history of 19 hits and 15K in the first five games of the season, he has become familiar with the job of striking, as evidenced by his 2-to-98 batting average, 5 hits, 22 RBIs, and 0.932 attack index in the 30 games from Game 6 to today.

"From my point of view, we did ask him for something during spring training, and at first he didn't agree with it, and now he's very comfortable doing what he's doing, so he's our DH now." Cora said.