Honestly for a himbo hippie the guy's kind of a low-key hardball poindexter
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 18:15 (one year ago) link
I don’t love that swing.. he’s flying open too quick, opening his shoulders up too quick.. can’t argue with the result though
“I’ve always said if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, you’re going to think it’s dumb, but if you talk to me about hitting, you might think I’m the smartest person in the world.”
― ydkb (gyac), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 20:17 (one year ago) link
Bless
He is staying down on the ball more imo. There is something funny about lefties, though, and for some reason I notice it more with Japanese players. Yoshida and Ichiro both look like they fly open way too soon, kind of unspooling their torsos to follow the bal
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 20:22 (one year ago) link
https://rpseawright.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/ted-williams-hitting-chart.jpgI’m guessing this is the chart
― ydkb (gyac), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 20:28 (one year ago) link
Looks like Ted didn't like down and in either
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 22:20 (one year ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/ydxqHMRt/IMG-8250.jpg
― ydkb (gyac), Monday, 28 August 2023 20:05 (one year ago) link
"What if I don't hit by May 3?" - Triston Casas when told of the Dustin Pedroia story on April 24 https://t.co/gMl9X9xL8n— Rob Bradford (@bradfo) May 4, 2023
We talked to Dustin about a player who is having an eerily similar rookie year to his in 2007, Triston Casas... Needless to say, he had some high praise for the rookieListen here ➡️ https://t.co/5yHcI31X5l pic.twitter.com/lUk2FyTiCf— Baseball Isn’t Boring (@BBisntBoring) September 7, 2023
― ydkb (gyac), Thursday, 7 September 2023 21:01 (one year ago) link
every time i hear dustin pedroia speak i imagine it being said by matt dillon
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 7 September 2023 21:11 (one year ago) link
I’ve watched so much Pedroia tape. He’s hilarious. I read a piece with him earlier in the season cos he attends spring training. Two of his kids play baseball and the other doesn’t; he said that son has no interest because baseball used to take his dad away from him. I guess that’s why he’s not very involved the rest of the year but he watches all the games, he says.
― ydkb (gyac), Thursday, 7 September 2023 21:26 (one year ago) link
Season’s over 💔
Triston Casas (right shoulder inflammation) to the IL.His 2023 season is effectively over. Scratched from the Red Sox lineup each of the last two days.He basically had two years in one: -- .128/.281/.282/3 2B/3 HR prior to May 3-- .293/.387/.536/18 2B/21 HR from there— Bill Koch (@BillKoch25) September 16, 2023
― ydkb (gyac), Saturday, 16 September 2023 18:49 (one year ago) link
Wasn't sure if I should post on the Jays thread or not, but I was listening to "Baseball Isn't Boring" podcast for Sept 16, which for some reason had Toronto radio personality Jeff Blair et al asking questions of Boston personality "Bradfo".
Blair (laughter in background): "When did Tristan Casas go from being the dude who was like, walking around the field in bare feet before the game and doing yoga and painting his nails and all that stuff, to 24 homers, first in OPS among rookies, 2nd in home runs among rookies...when did that happen? How did that happen?"
Just a disappointing question. Obviously, he's not two different people. Obviously, the behaviours/achievements are not mutually exclusive. Am I being hugely uncharitable if it sounded to me like he's asking "when did this guy go from total f** to complete chad?" Maybe it's innocuous for sports radio, i dunno. It got me wondering how Boston media has been treating his season as it relates to his personality vs. his accomplishments?
― francisF, Monday, 18 September 2023 23:33 (one year ago) link
Bradfo himself adores the guy and has interviewed him several times, most recently here:
On his one-year anniversary as a big leaguer, Triston Casas sat down with @bradfo to reflect on his journey (that most recently included a game-winning, three-run home run)Listen: https://t.co/ykkGQCvbEJ pic.twitter.com/BvgXAungqw— Baseball Isn’t Boring (@BBisntBoring) September 5, 2023
Casas has had the second-biggest turnaround in quality of contact in MLB between April and May, and has the 6th best quality of contact in May overall. pic.twitter.com/uGNRa3kFcV— Red Sox Stats (@redsoxstats) May 15, 2023
The snackster pic.twitter.com/QUibPtUmHF— Sox & Shoes (@soxandshoes) May 17, 2023
Casas is a whole vibe. pic.twitter.com/7xfgmfoQUk— NESN (@NESN) July 18, 2023
― ydkb (gyac), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 00:10 (one year ago) link
Obviously, he's not two different people. Obviously, the behaviours/achievements are not mutually exclusive.
― ydkb (gyac), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 10:43 (one year ago) link
Yep, Bradfo backed him up very well with his answer. The red flag was all in the question, and I wondered how pervasive that kinda condescending tone had followed him.
thanks for that! i've been very interested in Casas for his potential and his personality, helped by yourself and this thread. i really hope he continues to live up to that potential - a very easy guy to root for, which means a lot coming from a Blue Jays fan!
I had suspected there was a tonal shift as he proved himself, and agree that it's bs to have to succeed to be accepted as an individual.
― francisF, Thursday, 21 September 2023 18:47 (one year ago) link
Thank you, I think just Tracer Hand and I really follow/pay attention to him, he’s a fun/unusual personality and character for baseball, and if you haven’t read the interview with him towards the beginning of the thread where he cooks for the reporter, it’s a really nice piece and he talks about the nails etc. His Fangraphs interview where he talks about hitting is also a really interesting read, he has a very mature (!?) approach to the plate. Also, that video of him micd up talking to Braves players is sweet 🥲
― ydkb (gyac), Thursday, 21 September 2023 19:01 (one year ago) link
Oh yeah that article is paywalled, well not here it isn’t.
― ydkb (gyac), Thursday, 21 September 2023 19:03 (one year ago) link
I'm going through Casas withdrawal already, I can't deal
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 21 September 2023 21:11 (one year ago) link
don’t
― ydkb (gyac), Thursday, 21 September 2023 21:48 (one year ago) link
When I started this thread I thought it might be fun to follow this weird kid over the season. This article with its quotes from/about multiple teammates is so sweet!JT is A Guy:
Turner, who played with the Orioles and Mets in the early years of his career, credits players such as Nick Markakis, Adam Jones, Ty Wigginton and David Wright for instilling the idea of a mutually respectful relationship between teammates, regardless of age. Rather than following the concept of “making them earn it,” Turner believes in embracing rookies and making sure they’re comfortable.“I always say I’m like the bumpers on a bowling lane,” Turner said. “I don’t want to interfere with them or stop them from doing anything, I just want to keep them moving in the right direction, make sure they don’t wind up in the gutter.”
Outside of the meticulous gameplan Casas follows, the rookie’s confidence not only in his routine but in the way he carries himself has stuck out to some veterans. Jansen saw that confidence firsthand one night after a game when he and Casas were the only two left in the clubhouse.As they sat eating in silence, the 23-year-old rookie turned to a 35-year-old Jansen and asked, “Hey, do you have a problem with me?”“He kind of called me out,” Jansen said. “Not called me out, but was like … ‘I have a sense that you don’t like me.’”
Though Casas noted that techniques such as grounding have been “in the works long before (he) came on this earth,”
not only have his teammates accepted Casas’ routine, some have tested it for themselves. Among those players who have joined Casas in the grass pregame? Devers, fellow rookie Yoshida and Nick Pivetta.“I think you might see a couple guys over the next couple years do it,” Casas said. “I feel like I'll be here for a while, so I'll definitely keep doing it.”
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Thursday, 5 October 2023 15:42 (eleven months ago) link
Tracer Hand, this is the Fred Lynn interview.
“It was nice to see somebody in the Major Leagues make an adjustment, because I see a ton of them just do the same thing over, and over, and over,” the nine-time All-Star said with a chuckle.
“Back then, we didn’t even see what we were hitting until Sunday when the averages came out,” Lynn recalled of having to get the newspaper just to know how everyone was faring. “It was easy to just play the game and not be overwhelmed by all the other stuff. Today’s players, they can’t do that. I don’t know how they do it, to be honest, because they can’t get away from all that chatter.”
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Tuesday, 7 November 2023 09:17 (ten months ago) link
he is unreal
Brennan Bernardino, Triston Casas, Chris Murphy, and Brandon Walter spreading holiday cheer with the 2023 Holiday Caravan! pic.twitter.com/AKF1yH9HP3— Red Sox (@RedSox) December 7, 2023
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Thursday, 7 December 2023 20:52 (nine months ago) link
⚠️Warning⚠️The contents of this video are HOT. pic.twitter.com/nAUgjmBrey— Red Sox (@RedSox) December 7, 2023
DUDE
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 7 December 2023 22:47 (nine months ago) link
His laugh at the end 💀💀💀💀
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Thursday, 7 December 2023 22:51 (nine months ago) link
He’s so sweethttps://archive.is/hXmnm
Casas hopes to use his experience not only to help teammates but also the region. His participation alongside teammates Brennan Bernardino, Chris Murphy, and Brandon Walter in the Red Sox’ holiday caravan — with visits to hospitals and charitable programs — represented an interest in becoming more deeply invested in the community.“Baseball is great, hitting home runs is good, and winning World Series is even better, but giving back to the community and somehow making an impact in somebody’s life is better than those things,” said Casas. “I struggle sometimes with knowing my purpose in life and what this all means, being a baseball player compared to a workforce member or a teacher or a firefighter. We get so much attention and compensation that sometimes I’m confused about the dynamic of the world.“But I want to use this platform for good. Any opportunity that I can get to come up to Boston or give back to the community or hopefully one day get into (hosting)charitable events and foundations, to tap into that after I’ve gained my platform, I’m here to give going forward.”
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Tuesday, 12 December 2023 22:50 (nine months ago) link
this guy
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 00:41 (nine months ago) link
he’s back
Red Sox' Triston Casas turned 24 on Monday and enjoyed a big b-day dinner courtesy of his dad. “My dad went to my favorite butchery shop in Miami and he got me an Australian Wagyu Tomahawk, then a separate Japanese A5 Wagyu Ribeye. So I had both of those for the birthday dinner"— Christopher Smith (@SmittyOnMLB) January 17, 2024
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 18 January 2024 00:29 (eight months ago) link
Him! Posted in hope a passing FrancisF might see this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iEm7ZBXhrYThere are so many shithead comments online like Ted Williams would nEvEr and bro, Teddy Ballgame wouldn’t even admit he had a Mexican mother until decades past retirement. It’s ok for players to be themselves now.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 25 January 2024 22:45 (eight months ago) link
Joe Sheehan has him as the 5th best 1st-baseman in the game, behind Freddie Freeman, Matt Olson, Bryce Harper and Vladdy Jr
gyac thinks he might be better than Vladdy Jr and all I have to say about that is, it'll be interesting to watch :)
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 5 February 2024 22:06 (seven months ago) link
I mean maybe????? What exactly did Sheehan say? I remember he was annoyed with some Sox fan who was complaining about Casas having a low average in May or something, after he’d started hitting, but before it showed up in his numbers. Sheehan: do Red Sox fans bother watching the games?
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 5 February 2024 22:11 (seven months ago) link
lol he basically just pasted what he wrote before--I wrote this in an email May 31, 2023 and published it in a mailbag June 21:
Casas was hideous in April, but in May he’s at .257/.338/.429 after last night’s 0-for-5. That’s also not great, but it’s progress. The K/BB is 22/9 and the K rate is 28%, not unreasonable for the profile. May xBA is .264, xSLG is .560.I’d have understood these questions a month ago. It’s weird to get them when he’s basically playing about as you’d expect. He’s absolutely earned some patience.
I’d have understood these questions a month ago. It’s weird to get them when he’s basically playing about as you’d expect. He’s absolutely earned some patience.
Casas hit .299/.397/.556 from June 1 through the end of the season.--
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 5 February 2024 23:03 (seven months ago) link
🤞🏻 for a good healthy second season (and that his hair grows back ASAP)
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 5 February 2024 23:07 (seven months ago) link
It’s good that Florida man wears sunscreen, but does he seriously not understand that you’re supposed to rub it in. https://i.postimg.cc/7Z0rDWGr/IMG-6515.pnghttps://www.mlb.com/app/atbat/video/triston-casas-joins-mlb-tonightAlso, I love Jake Peavy so much.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 17:34 (six months ago) link
"What part of that [pregame breakfast] makes you feel light for the game?"Triston Casas: "The trip to the bathroom right before the game. That'll make me feel light. I think it's the chia seeds and flax seeds running right through me. That's the light part." pic.twitter.com/zxgpOt2wEt— Sox & Shoes (@soxandshoes) March 7, 2024
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 7 March 2024 18:44 (six months ago) link
https://www.sfgate.com/athletics/article/sunbather-oakland-coliseum-triston-casas-routine-19380171.php
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 3 April 2024 03:51 (five months ago) link
lol. I assume that’s an April Fool’s Day headline cos Jessica Kleinschmidt the A’s reporter (who is great!) posted it on her Twitter.
Triston Casas made it to Oakland just fine: pic.twitter.com/dBGgUxmCcl— Jessica Kleinschmidt (@KleinschmidtJD) April 1, 2024
Where does outfield yoga rank amongst pregame routines? #RedSox pic.twitter.com/nHR8NMJZ02— NESN (@NESN) March 30, 2024
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 3 April 2024 05:02 (five months ago) link
Casas is so bored at dh he’s playing first from the bullpen lol pic.twitter.com/C9m6bYQeRK— CasasTruther (@CasasTruther36) April 3, 2024
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 3 April 2024 17:38 (five months ago) link
https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2024/04/meet-the-river-monster-the-red-sox-new-on-base-celebration-for-2024.html
At some point shortly before the season on the team plane, a group of veterans were playing poker on the back of the team charter when, after someone won a hand with a favorable river card (the fifth and final community card in a flop game), gestured like a monster and said the “River Monster” had come for one of his teammates.“It’s something to do with poker,” said first baseman Triston Casas. “I don’t play but apparently there’s something called the ‘river.’ Sometimes it frustrates players when something happens there that they lose and the other person wins. Somebody made that gesture when they were playing one day. I wasn’t there.”…“The back of the plane card game got it going, so (Nick) Pivetta and Raffy (Devers) were doing it,” Casas said. “Someone was like, ‘I’m doing that when I get on first base.“I don’t know how there can be a river in a card game. Those run through land, with water. I don’t understand.”
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Sunday, 14 April 2024 01:06 (five months ago) link
He’s an idiot i love him
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 14 April 2024 02:04 (five months ago) link
Thanks I hate this
The #RedSox today placed 1B Triston Casas on the 10-Day Injured List with a left rib strain.To fill Casas’ spot on the active roster, the club recalled C Tyler Heineman from Triple-A Worcester.— Red Sox (@RedSox) April 21, 2024
pic.twitter.com/QpYtSindyX— Red (@SurvivingGrady) April 18, 2024
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Sunday, 21 April 2024 15:08 (five months ago) link
Cause of injury: big
Triston Casas first felt the discomfort after a swing against Ben Lively during last Wednesday’s shutout of the Cleveland Guardians at Fenway Park. The Red Sox first baseman thought it was an abdominal issue, but after trying to tough it out for a few days it eventually became clear this wasn’t an injury he could play through.Now Casas is likely to miss several months with what the club described as a rib fracture, though after a series of examinations he likened to an anatomy lesson, Casas explained his injury is actually a bit more complex than a simple bone break.“No ribs were fractured, it’s not a bone thing, it’s more of a cartilage thing,” Casas said in the Red Sox clubhouse Friday afternoon. “So there’s the rib cage and there’s the sternum, and there are pieces of cartilage that connect the two, and that’s what was torn.”Casas said he was told by the doctors that his injury is much more common in football and hockey players, and he was asked if he’d been involved in any collisions that would merit some pain in his midsection. When he told them no, the doctors chalked it up to his being so big and rotating so fast so many times when he swings that his body couldn’t hold up.“They said anywhere from three weeks to six weeks to nine weeks, they don’t know, it’s just depending on how my body is feeling,” Casas said. “Right now I’m still in pain to breathe, my lungs are still hitting my midsection. I’m still getting to like 75% capacity without pain, so the first step is to feel good breathing before I can move to cardio and then I’ll move into more anaerobic exercises and progress as I go there.”
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Friday, 26 April 2024 21:56 (five months ago) link
GET WELL SOON, KING
Alex Cora said Triston Casas wanted to stay in baseball shape. He’s still about a month away from being eligible to return from the 60-day IL, but he’s been in the back of the dugout locked in on the timing of just about every pitch tonight…keeping things sharp @NESN pic.twitter.com/KWvM5cGU1h— Jahmai Webster (@WebsterOnTV) May 15, 2024
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 07:28 (four months ago) link
This was pretty amazing too
Triston Casas must really miss playing. He’s been standing in the batter’s box for over 10 minutes. pic.twitter.com/xOBtdsXlO5— Gabrielle Starr (@gfstarr1) May 12, 2024
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 08:08 (four months ago) link
I see that and I raise you:
Since he had the intial tweet about it, the show asked @bradfo about what the "uniquely interesting" Tristan Casas was up to at Fenway yesterday. pic.twitter.com/p5CJOPkbXP— Jones & Mego with Arcand (@JonesandMego) May 14, 2024
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 08:41 (four months ago) link
Flemming was waxing lyrical for Casas in the early innings last night, saying it was becoming increasingly clear how much the Sox miss his bat, and beyond that the "intangibles" he brings (I think that was the word he used). Casas brings out the mysticism in people and I love it
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 08:56 (four months ago) link
Flemming could be a contributor to this thread, he loves him THAT much
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 09:14 (four months ago) link
Wait did you actually stay up and watch the whole game? You lunatic
Lol no this was in like inning 2 or 3!
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 09:19 (four months ago) link
I watch in hope of a big early inning that will put my mind at ease
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 09:23 (four months ago) link
You should know by now you can’t predict the mid sox
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 12:12 (four months ago) link