{"id":15794,"date":"2024-12-09T08:12:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T08:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=15794"},"modified":"2024-12-09T08:12:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T08:12:09","slug":"red-sox-triston-casas-finding-his-groove-again-after-rib-injury-likes-where-hes-at-physically","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=15794","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox&#8217; Triston Casas finding his groove again after rib injury; &#8216;likes&#8217; where he&#8217;s at physically"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fffd674f6-012c-4366-bb73-740f0b88f35e_1178x828.heic\" \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The baseball offseason is in full swing, and spring training is months away, but that didn\u2019t stop people from flocking to Polar Park on Saturday night. The Worcester Red Sox held their third annual WooSox Foundation Honors Gala, and current Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas made a special guest appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Casas returned to Worcester, a place he once called home before he was promoted to the big league club. The young slugger spent the majority of last season on the injured list, dealing with a rib injury\u2014but he was able to share an optimistic outlook for the upcoming 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHad a lot of things to work on after this year, and I feel like I\u2019ve been hitting them wholeheartedly,\u201d said Casas to reporters from inside the WooSox clubhouse. \u201cJust working out a lot, taking a lot of swings, trying to build that volume up again, but I like where I\u2019m at, for sure, physically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Casas spent a little over two weeks with the WooSox last season in August rehabbing his torn rib cartilage injury. The 24-year-old now says he\u2019s fully healthy and is ready for next season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like it\u2019s completely behind me,\u201d Casas said. \u201cIt\u2019s weird to say because I went through so much pain this summer, but I feel like I\u2019ve been working really hard on it. A lot of abdominal work and stretching and molding them back to normal, but feels great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Casas has been the subject of trade rumors, with his name being thrown around as a potential trade chip to bring back much-needed high-end pitching to the Red Sox.<\/p>\n<p>According to <em>The Boston Globe\u2019s<\/em> Alex Speier, the Red Sox \u201chave been open\u201d to trading Casas and right fielder Wilyer Abreu to acquire pitching help this winter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Red Sox have been open to using Casas as a trade chip for pitching help,\u201d wrote Speier. \u201cAn executive for one American League club said the Sox offered Casas as a headliner in talks about one of that team\u2019s arms, withholding Wilyer Abreu and the elite prospect group (Roman Anthony, Kristian Campbell, Marcelo Mayer) from the proposal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Casas isn\u2019t worried about the trade rumors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t given it much thought at all. I\u2019m getting ready to take my at-bat to whatever state or city it may be in,\u201d said Casas. \u201cHopefully it\u2019s for the Boston Red Sox, but if not, I feel like I can bring value to any team that would need a first baseman. I want to stay in Boston for a really long time. I wouldn\u2019t want to be anywhere else, but wherever it may be, I\u2019ll fit in just fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The baseball offseason is in full swing, and spring training is months away, but that didn\u2019t stop people from flocking to Polar Park on Saturday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15795,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Red Sox&#039; Triston Casas finding his groove again after rib injury; &#039;likes&#039; where he&#039;s at physically - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=15794\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Red Sox&#039; 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