It is nearing Opening Day, and the Boston Red Sox are nearing the World Baseball Classic and the rest of spring training. Coming into this spring training, there was a giant circle around one name on the Red Sox roster: Triston Casas.

My Hottest Take: It may be time for Triston Casas to go

It may be time to part with Triston Casas. The last two seasons, he has played a combined 34 games. The last two years, have seen him plagued by injuries, torn cartilage, and a torn patellar tendon. He cannot seem to stay healthy coming to the major leagues.

What also shows that it may be time to move on is that the Red Sox signed Willson Contreras, who has played first base and has some slugging power behind him. The Red Sox most likely do not want to trade Casas, as many teams will see an injury-prone player and not want to take that chance. If the Red Sox do not trade Casas, then they may be seeing Masataka Yoshida heading out the door to clear space for Casas and others in the already jammed-up lineup.

What You Need to Know: Casas Seems Injury Prone

While Casas will not be ready for Opening Day with the Red Sox, he will more than likely be spending most of the first month or two down with the Worcester Red Sox on a rehab assignment coming off the patellar tendon in 2025. The year before that, he dealt with torn cartilage in his ribs. The Red Sox are hoping that he is able to get through the rehab assignment and then get some decent playing time up in the majors. The only confusing aspect is whom he is going to replace to come up to the majors.

As soon as he comes up to the majors, besides 2023, he cannot play an entire season. He has been hit by the injury plague in both seasons since then.

Before You Go: There is a Logjam in the Boston Red Sox’s Roster

Even before the Red Sox traded for Contreras–who is going to be the everyday first baseman–there has been this logjam in the roster. A healthy Casas does not help the situation. He could be a solid designated hitter, but there is Jarren Duran, Yoshida, and Roman Anthony.

Casas had a good amount of hits in his 20-game major league appearance in 2023. But if Casas wants to be any kind of decent hitter, he needs to have his foundation strong behind his large six-foot-four frame. He would probably more than likely be the next up for designated hitter behind Duran and Anthony, even though Yoshida does tend to do well as a designated hitter. It will be interesting to see where the Red Sox go with Casas, and who will actually get playing time in the jammed-up offense.