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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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
Oof
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 12:18 (four months ago) link
Yappin' with Triston. pic.twitter.com/QvrnNdfVJt— Red Sox (@RedSox) June 17, 2024
Triston Casas casually dropping a story on national TV about his dad getting arrested during his little league game pic.twitter.com/WIk6ywUjsA— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) June 17, 2024
Kenley Janson sent Brayan Bello out to tell Triston Casas to give up the microphone cause he's talking way too much😂🎥: @SNBonESPN pic.twitter.com/4zW7EistFK— ᴄʜᴀsᴇ🏴☠️ (@BolieveInNix) June 17, 2024
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 17 June 2024 08:23 (three months ago) link
This was an all-timer of a back-and-forth with Casas. Here's the exchange in its entirety. https://t.co/EiMq4cev6u pic.twitter.com/cK98v9ihLh— Mac Cerullo (@MacCerullo) June 26, 2024
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 26 June 2024 20:35 (three months ago) link
oh my god
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 26 June 2024 20:39 (three months ago) link
He reminds me of Manny, who couldn’t wait to get into bed so that he could start doing batting practice in his dreams
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 26 June 2024 20:40 (three months ago) link
Manny said drinking Red Bull gave him the energy to take batting practice in his dreams longer
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 26 June 2024 21:21 (three months ago) link
xp imagine not liking this guy
Soon.
Back like he never left. pic.twitter.com/0Sp3sva7U4— Worcester Red Sox (@WooSox) July 30, 2024
Eddy Alvarez, WooSox Clubhouse News. pic.twitter.com/K38PAnay0b— Worcester Red Sox (@WooSox) July 30, 2024
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 1 August 2024 11:08 (two months ago) link
One of the few bright spots on this team since he came back. Posting decent numbers despite looking lost at the plate on occasion - clearly nowhere near 100%. .342/.413/.512 with an OPS of .925. Sad to think about what this season could have been for him.
― Romy Gonzalez’s utility infusion (gyac), Tuesday, 27 August 2024 09:26 (one month ago) link
if he’s a 6-7 WAR player then the sox are in the wild card
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 27 August 2024 09:31 (one month ago) link
I mean he’s a first baseman so I don’t know that that’s really achievable? Vladimir Guerrero Jr has 4.5 according to Fangraphs & probably finishes with at least one more unless he stops hitting in September. Even guys having great seasons like Freddie Freeman & Christian Walker haven’t cracked 4. (Actually checked Bryce Harper cos he was slumping recently & he’s 3.8, which is interesting as he’s having a relative down year).Regardless it’s great to see what he’s produced already & this team is depressing as fuck but who knows what happens if he goes off in September? They should be prioritising his extension in the offseason.
― Romy Gonzalez’s utility infusion (gyac), Tuesday, 27 August 2024 11:10 (one month ago) link
(watching him for fantasy purposes) the homer he hit the other day vs the d backs was an absolute bomb. i feel like he must be doing okay health wise to generate the kinda explosion he did on that swing
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 27 August 2024 15:30 (one month ago) link
He’s a big boy. He’s said that he feels most pain when he fouls off pitches because he has to get back in the box after a couple of seconds as opposed to hitting or striking out. Are you the person who had him on the fantasy roster? Rough season. I saw him hit his sixth hr of the season the day before he went on the IL & the hr was like they say on TV: sounds different off the bat.Anyway, here’s what Red Sox Stats says.
Since August 16th, the day Casas came off the IL, he ranks 3rd/194 in MLB in quality of contact. pic.twitter.com/PcyYxbYHa0— Red Sox Stats (@redsoxstats) August 27, 2024
― Romy Gonzalez’s utility infusion (gyac), Tuesday, 27 August 2024 16:45 (one month ago) link
After slumping hard along with everyone else he’s having the best game of his career against Pablo Lopez & a LHP reliever - 3 home runs in 3 ABs with 7 RBIs driven in. Made some lovely plays at first too. If they trade him I’ll be so angry but they’d be incredibly stupid so.
― gyac, Sunday, 22 September 2024 18:19 (one week ago) link
I watched The Franchise about the 2011 Giants and at one point Bruce Bochy talks about all the media requests he gets for Brian Wilson. Bochy said “He’s good for baseball,” referring to the fact his then closer interested people as a personality.Today the Athletic dropped this Casas article. Casas is the same, and it’s one of the reasons I think he’s going to be a star in the game. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5798196/2024/09/27/triston-casas-red-sox-most-interesting/?source=user_shared_article
― gyac, Friday, 27 September 2024 12:50 (six days ago) link