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Breaking: Red Sox Star Triston Casas Drops Shocking Update On His Rehab
Triston Casas has only played in two games since starting his rehab assignment with the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox, but he doesn’t seem to be feeling great physically yet.
Through eight plate appearances this week with the WooSox, Casas said his ribcage injury is causing him immense pain in the batter’s box.
“Right now when I make contact with the ball, it feels like someone’s stabbing me with a knife right in the ribs,” Casas told NESN’s Laura Stickells on Friday. “Right when it happened I felt like I got shot with a gun, so it’s dulled down.”
Casas played in a game on Tuesday for the first time since April 20 when he suffered torn cartilage in his ribcage while swinging the bat against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Casas played seven innings at first base and didn’t commit an error in his first defensive effort since April on Thursday. He was also Worcester’s designated hitter on Tuesday.
The Triple-A club gave Casas the day off from playing on Friday. Worcester intends to play him during their road trip next week, according to MassLive’s Chris Cotillo.
Despite Casas’s current physical condition, it sounds like he’s going to have to play through the pain. The 24-year-old told Stickells that doctors said there’s no way to ease his discomfort and that he’ll have to get used to the feeling.
The first baseman originally planned to return to the big league Red Sox in late June or early July. Casas’s plan didn’t pan out, but the fact that he’s begun a rehab assignment is a good sign that he could return this season, despite experiencing pain. If he continues to play through the pain and gains a higher pain tolerance, it’s feasible that he could rejoin the MLB club this month.
Casas didn’t say whether or not he anticipated missing much playing time during his rehab assignment because of the pain he’s experiencing. The Red Sox plan on checking in with Casas on a potential return date next weekend, per Cotillo.
