{"id":40373,"date":"2025-04-12T03:08:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T03:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40373"},"modified":"2025-04-12T03:08:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T03:08:37","slug":"red-sox-trade-scenario-brings-in-top-catching-prospect-for-struggling-slugger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40373","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Trade Scenario Brings in Top Catching Prospect for Struggling Slugger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite getting off to a .500 start, at 7-7 after\u00a0salvaging the final contest\u00a0in a four-game home series against the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday, the Boston Red Sox have proven to be one of the most productive offensive teams in\u00a0MLB\u00a0so far.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox are\u00a0averaging 5.07 runs\u00a0per game, good enough for third in the American League and seventh of the 30 big league teams overall. The Seattle Mariners, on the other hand, have displayed one of the weakest hitting attacks in\u00a0MLB, at just 3.38 runs per game over their first 13, fourth from the bottom in\u00a0MLB.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the Red Sox have been in dire need of catching help even before regular starter Connor Wong\u00a0went down with a fractured\u00a0pinkie finger his glove hand on Monday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageBox\">\n<div class=\"innerBox ar23-innerBox\"><picture class=\"mapping-embed\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2626079\/boston-red-sox-struggling-slugger-triston-casas.webp?w=790&amp;f=218decb8ae4a2fcc015d8c03129bbdbb 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2626079\/boston-red-sox-struggling-slugger-triston-casas.jpg?w=790&amp;f=218decb8ae4a2fcc015d8c03129bbdbb 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2626079\/boston-red-sox-struggling-slugger-triston-casas.webp?w=900&amp;f=eb76c9315ab8585c1c839e9891cc8f63 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2626079\/boston-red-sox-struggling-slugger-triston-casas.jpg?w=900&amp;f=eb76c9315ab8585c1c839e9891cc8f63 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2626079\/boston-red-sox-struggling-slugger-triston-casas.webp?w=790&amp;f=218decb8ae4a2fcc015d8c03129bbdbb 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2626079\/boston-red-sox-struggling-slugger-triston-casas.jpg?w=790&amp;f=218decb8ae4a2fcc015d8c03129bbdbb 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2626079\/boston-red-sox-struggling-slugger-triston-casas.webp?w=450&amp;f=7325b024bbaa39c36ab2e3eb97d1ae38 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2626079\/boston-red-sox-struggling-slugger-triston-casas.jpg?w=450&amp;f=7325b024bbaa39c36ab2e3eb97d1ae38 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2626079\/boston-red-sox-struggling-slugger-triston-casas.webp?w=1200&amp;f=d4bfedeb253adc8e37579bf1edb440c8\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i2626079\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2626079\/boston-red-sox-struggling-slugger-triston-casas.jpg?w=1200&amp;f=d4bfedeb253adc8e37579bf1edb440c8\" alt=\"Boston Red Sox struggling slugger Triston Casas\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption ar23-caption\"><span id=\"short-cap-description\" class=\"cap\">BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS &#8211; APRIL 04: Triston Casas #36 of the Boston Red Sox watches the video board during a challenge in the fifth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals during the home opener at Fenway&#8230;<\/span>\u00a0<button id=\"read-more-cap\">More<\/button>\u00a0<span class=\"credit ar23-credit\">Brian Fluharty\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A new trade proposal by baseball\u00a0reporter Conor Liguori of Athlon Sports\u00a0addresses the needs of both teams by shipping struggling Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas \u2014 the team&#8217;s\u00a02018 first round draft pick\u00a0\u2014 to the Mariners for Seattle&#8217;s top catching prospect,\u00a022-year-old Harry Ford.<\/p>\n<p>Casas is off to a sluggish start for Boston,\u00a0with only eight hits and three walks\u00a0in 51 plate appearances heading into Friday&#8217;s slate of\u00a0MLB\u00a0games. Casas, whose primary attribute is his power, has managed only one homer so far.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox,\u00a0according to media reports, first offered Casas to Seattle at baseball&#8217;s winter meetings in December. The Red Sox wanted either Bryce Miller or Bryan Woo, two of the Mariners&#8217; most prized young starting pitchers, but the Mariners rebuffed the overture.<\/p>\n<p>However, in the new trade proposal Casas would bring a return of Woo plus, perhaps more importantly,\u00a0Harry Ford \u2014 the Mariners No. 4 prospect\u00a0and the top catcher in the Seattle system, one who is projected to break into\u00a0MLB\u00a0this year, according to\u00a0MLB\u00a0Pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>Woo could slot into the Red Sox rotation until the return of Brayan Bello from injury, at which point the 25-year-old Woo still has minor league options remaining, meaning the Red Sox could stash him at Triple-A Worcester if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>The Athlon trade pitch, however, would also require the Red Sox to part with their system&#8217;s No. 12 overall\u00a0prospect Mikey Romero, a middle infielder who was Boston&#8217;s first-round pick in 2022, and is currently playing for the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs.<\/p>\n<p>Whether the Red Sox would feel comfortable parting both with Casas and a prospect of Romero&#8217;s stature remains a question, and could stand in the way of making the proposed deal a reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite getting off to a .500 start, at 7-7 after\u00a0salvaging the final contest\u00a0in a four-game home series against the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday, the Boston Red&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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