And both Alex Cora and Triston Casas believe that Casas’ defense can be better.
Brayan Bello, Triston Casas, and Liam Hendriks were all supposed to be key parts of the 2025 Red Sox story. Finally, on Tuesday night, they were. (Rob Bradford, WEEI)
Zack Kelly will pare down his repertoire at Triple-A, Kutter Crawford is heading to Fort Myers to ramp up his bullpen sessions, Connor Wong is catching bullpens, and Lucas Giolito has (another?) rehab start before coming up next week. The Globe Notebook is poppin’ today. (Julian Benbow, Boston Globe)
Alex Cora described Triston Casas’ defense as “inconsistent” in the pregame and Casas identified several plays that he feels he should have made. “I only remember the games that it’s lost us,” said Casas. After these quotes were made, Casas started a fantastic 3-6-1 double play on Tuesday night. (Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald)
Back in January, Alex Speier identified Outfielder Nelly Taylor as a preseason breakout candidate for Baseball America. Christopher Smith points out that Taylor, a 2023 11th round pick out of Polk State, has a .400 OBP in ten games at High-A Greenville and it looks like a good pick by BA thus far. (Christopher Smith, Mass Live)
Remember Ryan Zeferjahn? He was one of three prospects sent to the Angels last July for reliever Luis Garcia. Ben Clemens believes that the changes made to his pitch shapes and command make him “one of the top relievers in baseball.” Luis Garcia, it turned out, was not one of the top relievers in baseball. (Ben Clemens, Fangraphs)
On Saturday, June 7, Fenway Park will host boxing for the first time since 1956. A six-hour event beginning at 5:00, the fights will occur in the concourse of Fenway and tickets start at just $100! (mlb.com)