{"id":5434,"date":"2024-11-28T08:07:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T08:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=5434"},"modified":"2024-11-28T08:07:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T08:07:06","slug":"breaking-renewed-triston-casas-trade-rumors-have-red-sox-fans-worried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=5434","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Renewed Triston Casas trade rumors have Red Sox fans worried"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Weeks before the MLB offseason began, insider Ken Rosenthal sent Boston Red Sox fans into a tizzy by suggesting the team should trade Triston Casas.<\/p>\n

The Red Sox are heavily left-handed, and their struggles against lefty pitchers could be mitigated with more right-handed bats in the lineup. Trading Casas could be one of many ways to get more righties in the batting order.<\/p>\n

But, when the offseason began, speculations involving the first baseman quieted. Casas’ name was\u00a0nowhere to be found in national trade rumors\u00a0or predictions. Recently, though, rumors around the first baseman have picked up steam. The new developments have some Sox fans nervous.<\/p>\n

Red Sox Nation may have gotten too comfortable with the idea of Casas sticking around after the lull in rumors. Chief baseball officer\u00a0Craig Breslow also addressed the theory\u00a0that Boston has Casas on the trade block at November’s general manager meetings, and it sounds like the team intends to keep him.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not sure where that\u2019s coming from. . . Casas is a guy that we think has 40-home run potential. He\u2019s young and also has a great strike zone discipline and controls an at-bat. We\u2019re excited he\u2019s on our team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Red Sox fans aren’t loving the recent trade rumors involving Triston Casas<\/h2>\n
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