The Boston Red Sox were dealt another concerning injury setback Tuesday as manager Alex Cora revealed a troubling update on first baseman Triston Casas. TOnce one of the most eagerly anticipated prospects in the Boston Red Sox system, injuries have derailed Casas’ career, and on Tuesday, Red Sox manager Alex Cora announced a new one for the 6-foot-4, 26-year-old first baseman.
Casas has not played in a Major League Baseball game since he was carted off the field at Fenway Park on May 2 of last year with what turned out to be a torn patellar tendon.
“In the bottom of the second inning, first baseman Triston Casas stumbled across the first-base bag after hitting an infield tapper, suffering a left patellar tendon rupture to his knee, the Red Sox announced Saturday,” reported MLB.com correspondent Ian Browne. “He was placed on the 10-day injured list.”
But Casas’s injury lasted a lot longer than 10 days. After playing only 29 games in 2025, Casas did not play another one.
A History of Potential Stifled by Injuries
The catastrophic injury followed a 2024 season in which Casas suffered torn cartilage in his ribcage, limiting him to only 63 games. Since making his major league debut with the Red Sox in September 2022, Casas has played only one full season â that was in 2023 when he was on the field for 132 games.
In that year, Casas showed the promise that made him a first-round draft pick in 2018 out of American Heritage High School in Plantation, Florida, and by 2023 the No. 23-ranked prospect in baseball according to MLB Pipeline.
In 2023, Casas posted an .856 OPS with 24 home runs and placed third in American League Rookie of the Year voting.
But it was all downhill from there, and things only got worse for Casas with Tuesday’s announcement.
Casas Shut Down From Swinging Bat â Again
On Saturday, Cora announced some rare good news for Casas. Staying behind in Fort Myers, Florida, for extended spring training in hopes of playing this season, Casas was cleared to resume hitting again on Monday. He had been shut down for the previous week due to a strained intercostal muscle, an injury that the Red Sox said was unrelated to Casas’ patellar tendon rupture.
The intercostals are the muscles that run between ribs in the ribcage.
Then Monday came, Casas tried swinging the bat, hitting off a tee and according to Cora’s announcement on Tuesday, it did not go as planned.
“Triston Casas tried swinging in Fort Myers and it ‘didnât go well,’ according to Alex Cora,” Red Sox beat reporter Chris Cotillo of MassLive reported. “Casas is going to have imaging on his rib area as a result.”
Casas did not appear in a spring training game for the Red Sox, “but he made steady progress,” according to Patrick McAvoy of SI.com. “He even started practicing sliding around bases, which is a big step after suffering a knee injury.”
Now, after his latest setback announced by Cora, Casas’s future appears uncertain, at minimum â especially bad news at a time when the Red Sox need his power bat perhaps more than at any time in his career. In their disastrous 2-8 start to the season, the Red Sox have scored only 36 runs, tied for fourth-fewest in baseball.
The Red Soxâs nine home runs as a team are tied for the fifth-fewest. But it now appears that Casas will not be available to help until much later in the season, if at all.
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