Triston Casas Defense Clip Captures Red Sox Nation's Attention

Casas is just 26 years old and has immense upside, but his injury troubles led the Red Sox to go out and acquire Willson Contreras to take over at first base. So, with Contreras in the mix, Casas doesn't have a clear path at first base. And with all of the outfielders in the mix, designated hitter is another avenue to at-bats that is murky.

It'll be interesting to see how everything shakes out, but there was a brief moment on Monday that could've changed the narrative. Alex Speier of The Boston Globe shared a clip on Bluesky of Casas taking grounders at third base. But, don't think too much about it right now. Speier noted that Casas was at third base in order to give reps to Isiah Kiner-Falefa at first base.

"Unexpected sight of the morning: Triston Casas taking grounders at 3B," Speier wrote. "(He’s doing so to help give reps to Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who is working at first base on receiving throws.)"

If Casas could play third base, it would at least give him another pathway to big league at-bats when he's fully ready to roll. But, again, Speier noted that this was done in order to give reps to Kiner-Falefa at first base. Outside of Contreras, the Red Sox don't have a clear No. 2 first base option with Casas injured. Kiner-Falefa has been working to help the club out at the position. The fanbase did take notice of the clip, though.

When it comes to Casas, the Red Sox will have to make some sort of decision at some point. When he gets fully healthy, will he be on the Boston bench? Or down in the minors getting consistent at-bats? That's a question for another day, but no need to think about third base for now, although it would help.