Thread of future Red Sox superstar Triston Casas

The only king I care about is king of the himbos Triston Casas. 4 hits in his last two games, hopefully he has turned a corner.

Unreal pic.twitter.com/BHIWapDa8o

— Joey Copponi (@JoeyCopponi) May 5, 2023

I asked Casas about this. He said he was using the injury on the field as his time to visualize some things in the batter's box. With the pitch clock, he noted, you don't have time to do that.

He's the gift that keeps on giving. https://t.co/xsa4TawOfN

— Julian McWilliams (@byJulianMack) May 5, 2023

Which weirdos played for boston before spaceman lee? B”s”L->manny b manny->TC is a good lineage

Ted would talk to his bats i guess

oil can imo

RIGHT

Carl Everett could be squeezed in there somewhere imho

Tru

I can’t speak to Red Sox weirdos but i think they haven’t had a himbo proper since Gabe Kapler. The himbo/weirdo hybrid is rare!

I don’t think the other voice in the box was posted here

Casas on him hitting in the box and the little voice in his head: "That alter ego comes out in that box, there’s a little switch you have to flip, so that’s who I talk to. It’s very demanding, it’s very harsh."

— Julian McWilliams (@byJulianMack) September 24, 2022

poor jimmy piersall was a big ol bosox weirdo

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links no worky

let me at that casas content

I messaged to you on sapp, imgur doesn’t work on my phone v well sorry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La15eWBCzdY

He’s the best 🥹🥹🥹 though apparently ESPN asked him “What does Mother’s Day mean to you?” (as his mother died as a child), what the fuck.

BA continues to climb, slash line is .345/.444/.586 with an OPS of 1.031 for May. He got hits in the last three games, on base streak is 23(?) games?

Wow that question about his mother is fucked up, he handled that well though.

Also, in The Athletic:

• Triston Casas has slowly started to turn a corner at the plate, going 10-for-29 (.345) with two homers and a double in 10 games this month. On Sunday, Casas extended his on-base streak to 23 games, the third-longest active streak in the majors behind Yordan Alvarez (34) and Jurickson Profar (25). While the walks he’s drawn have been good, the Red Sox are glad he’s being more aggressive at swinging at pitches in the zone. The Red Sox felt Casas was too patient and was wasting hittable pitches in an attempt to draw a walk. “I’d rather him not work the count to walk,” Cora said. “They walk you, they walk you. If you’re ahead in the count and you get pitches to hit, let it fly.” Cora added a little humor by referencing another comment made to the gigantic, slow-footed Casas, “Somebody said something like, ‘If you walk, what are you gonna do? Steal second?’”

roasted

cannot believe he just runs his mouth throughout at-bats

"there's a certain amount of energy that the earth emits that you can absorb from the sun"

incredible answer to a completely jarring question in the middle of an at-bat

"pablito!!"

he loves trees

Yeah I appreciate he calls to the guys in Spanish, that’s got to be such an asset in a clubhouse.

“Hopefully my balls start flying a little more.”

xp the best

“You seem comfortable in your skin and we’ve seen a lot of your skin…” thirsty comment to a 23 year old rookie

I love that they showed his tweets onscreen, this thread was ahead of its time

MLB made the mic’d up video private 🫣

My beloved Mariners got absolutely crushed by the Red Sox, poor Luis didn’t deserve that 😩😩😩 but at least Justin Verlander had a worse night.

However, if you can quietly sidestep the Mariners train wreck (you have no idea how grateful I am Servais didn’t throw Matt Brash out there, but what the fuck was he doing putting the closer out in the 7th, no I am not updating that thread 🫥) it was a good night for Triston Casas.

His BA continues to climb, at this rate he’ll be hitting .250 by the 4th of July. He got a home run and a walk last night, too bad he snapped his on base streak of 23 games last night.

Triston Casas - Boston Red Sox (6)
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— MLB HR Videos (@MLBHRVideos) May 16, 2023

Hitting homers and eating berries.

Typical day in the life of Triston Casas.
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— Tyler Milliken ⚾️ (@tylermilliken_) May 17, 2023

Slash line April: .133/.283/.293, OPS .576
Slash line May*: .257/.338/.429, OPS .766

Not lighting it up yet but you can see him adjusting. Swinging more and making tons more contact, and has had some bad luck. Hopefully his June is even better. And he’s looked a lot more settled in fielding, no stupid errors like that one v the Pirates. Felt bad for him, last two games have been bad, however, his worst stretch in May was three games without a hit. In April it was six. So hopefully this is just Development.

*i am travelling all day tomorrow so this misses out today assuming he plays.

For the second time this year, Triston Casas swats a homer at a 44-degree launch angle.

With that height, the @RedSox rookie is tied for the MLB lead: pic.twitter.com/ROygM7Bbvo

— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) June 9, 2023

GOLD GLOVE CASAS SAVES A RUN AND AN ERROR

Hell of a play by Triston Casas to hold onto the bat. pic.twitter.com/y3tnQqIklq

— Tyler Milliken ⚾️ (@tylermilliken_) June 9, 2023

"His off-speed pitches were really immaculate today."

Triston Casas praised Garrett Whitlock following the Red Sox 3-2 win over the Yankees. @WebsterOnTV | #RedSox pic.twitter.com/j0DYBGQnfB

— NESN (@NESN) June 10, 2023

Interesting comments from Casas regarding his change in approach at the plate:

Triston Casas joined @SoxBooth after the Sox sweep of the Yankees to discuss his big knock, abilities at first ("I think I'm a difference maker"), tap to listen:
📷 © Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports pic.twitter.com/eSUuiKFxlE

— WEEI (@WEEI) June 19, 2023

Triston Casas smokes a two run double! pic.twitter.com/YbSF2Wuo1S

— Mr Matthew CFB (@MrMatthewCFB) June 19, 2023

I like change ups https://t.co/2QMDTYMcus

— Triston Casas (@mvptc37) February 26, 2022

Also, Red Sox Stats points out that he gets robbed on a lot of full count balls, probably on account of his size like a lot of other tall hitters.

A sampling of 3-ball count called strikes on Casas this year pic.twitter.com/6XbGfmRp0k

— Red Sox Stats (@redsoxstats) June 19, 2023

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— Red Sox Stats (@redsoxstats) June 22, 2023

Final June numbers for the king of the himbos:

.288/.380/.488, OPS of .868. Saw a figure of him having a WRC+ of 140(!) for this month but can’t find that tweet rn. Still, you take those numbers for a 23 year old rookie don’t you?

Actually more impressed by him lowering his strikeout rate for the month, it was 21.7% in June compared to a not-great 27.5% in May and an even less impressive 29.3% in April (I think that was when you posted that he struck out four times in a game, Tracer?) Btw he hasn’t walked once since June 18 so his k/bb rate isn’t as impressive as it was mid month when it was 1:1, but clearly he’s decided to put the ball in play more & it’s paying off.

You take those numbers from anybody

wild that he can change his approach that much and make it work for him.

Idk have you watched him recently Tracer? He doesn’t look that wildly different at the plate, just a lot more assured & more willing to swing. If I wasn’t too lazy to go on Savant & find out, I’d be interested to see his % of pitches that he swings at. Scrolling back up, you said about him hitting breaking pitches and he’s had some success with them in June, to put it mildly.

https://i.postimg.cc/v8cN9DZ3/IMG-4311.jpg
AL East’s Judge/Altuve.

Also, came off the bench and smashed a slider for a double today.

He smoked one at Wrigley (second in two days! Go big boy!) and we’ll get to that BUT

Casas very confident in his arm pic.twitter.com/8yPyIDJ0LE

— Red Sox Stats (@redsoxstats) July 15, 2023

Casas turning into a beast very early in his career. Homers to the cup snake. pic.twitter.com/4QMca3nzhS

— Red Sox Stats (@redsoxstats) July 15, 2023

Completely normal thing for NESN to post

Casas is a whole vibe. pic.twitter.com/7xfgmfoQUk

— NESN (@NESN) July 18, 2023

I love when this guy homers twice off Max fucking Scherzer.

Yeah, Scherzer isn’t who he was. But he’s still someone that could fuck a rookie up. Three ABs & couldn’t get Casas out in any of them. He clearly didn’t want to pitch around him, looking at it now.

Look at this maniac staring across the plate at Scherzer after Scherzer threw him two fastballs across the plate in nearly the same spot and the second was crushed
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Scherzer will have to wait until next season to get another crack at Casas. It was clear who emerged victorious in their first encounter.

"I left pitches in his wheelhouse,” Scherzer said. “I'd like to face him more. I'd like to get more at-bats against him. But tonight, I left pitches down and in for him to be able to hammer."

Kind of insane stat, this

At 23, Casas joined Lou Gehrig as the only players ever to hit multiple homers in a game at such a tender age against an opponent with 3,000 strikeouts; Gehrig’s performance came against Walter Johnson.

What a guy Casas is 😂👏 #RedSox pic.twitter.com/Vg7m0HyGxy

— NESN (@NESN) July 26, 2023

Bumping mine and Traitor Hand’s favourite thread for this gem:

Baseball isn’t Boring (podcast, great) interviewed Casas in spring training and asked him about his approach to the game. Casas reiterates that he does every day at a time working towards progress every day. When asked about his daily routine, here’s what he said:

New slogan: 'Put the mushrooms and peppers on the grill!' (Photoshop wizards, assemble ...)
Listen to Casas on @BBisntBoring: https://t.co/O6DUWP8QaU pic.twitter.com/l2bA6YDKIe

— Rob Bradford (@bradfo) July 30, 2023

de·stroy (verb)
put an end to the existence of by damaging or attacking it. pic.twitter.com/lT9EJKo0Pq

— Red Sox (@RedSox) July 29, 2023

Alex Cora said postgame that Triston Casas' home run was as impressive as any he saw Barry Bonds hit back in the day.

"I played here a lot of games and I saw one of the great ones dominating from like 2000 to 2004. That ball he hit to left center, that's one of the best home…

— Mac Cerullo (@MacCerullo) July 29, 2023

Fangraphs interviewed Casas about his hitting

Laurila: You do your thinking before you step in the box.

Casas: “Yes. I develop my approach to an at-bat when I’m on deck. What is the best way to go about this at-bat to put my team in the best position to succeed? Maybe I want to grind it out and I’ll be taking the first pitch. Maybe I’ll be trying to take my whack on the first pitch, trying to drive the ball into a gap, hit a double, hit a home run. Sometimes the game calls for a walk. I also look at where I’m at in the lineup; who am I protecting, or who is protecting me? A lot goes into it.

“When I step into the box, I know what I want to do. I know what I’m looking for. I know what part of my swing I want to get to. I focus on what I intend to do based on my feel for the game and the situation. From there, it’s all about reaction.”

Honestly for a himbo hippie the guy's kind of a low-key hardball poindexter

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.”