Red Sox/MLB 2025 Regular Season

[CDJ]

He was bad in April last year too.

He's had a bunch of hard hit outs over the past week or so. It'll happen for him soon I'd wager.

If he's still struggling by the end of May with warmer weather? Time to have a conversation.

At the end of the day....he's had 70 PA's, can't really panic too hard yet.

Ppl forget how bad Casas was when he first came up, he was rocking like a .130 average thru the end of May (he then proceeded to be a ~top 2 hitter in baseball the rest of the way)

He’s historically been a slow starter at every level. Starting to see some positive signs. I thought Cora benching him for Romy the other day was very stupid as like you said he was starting to make loud contact

 

[Johnnyduke]

I've moved on from hating bat flips like that because it makes you look like a tool to just hating it because throwing a baseball bat that high into the air is just a dumb idea. You know, on the off chance it hits someone on the way down.

 

[EverettMike]

I've moved on from hating bat flips like that because it makes you look like a tool to just hating it because throwing a baseball bat that high into the air is just a dumb idea. You know, on the off chance it hits someone on the way down.

I kinda agree with this. At some height it's genuinely dangerous since everyone near you is almost certainly looking at the ball.

 

[Johnnyduke]

Ppl forget how bad Casas was when he first came up, he was rocking like a .130 average thru the end of May (he then proceeded to be a ~top 2 hitter in baseball the rest of the way)

He’s historically been a slow starter at every level.

Nobody forgets. Being a slow starter is not something that should just be accepted when you have a tiny track record of success like Casas has. He doesn't have money in the bank. Start hitting beyond just "loud contact" or he won't be here long term. This isn't a Dustin Pedroia situation where he had an initial slow start and then never looked back.

 

[Mione134]

This is a generational bat flip.

425 BOMB.

That bat flip went into space lmaoooo

I love it

 

[N o o d l e s]

Cancel Tanner Houck

 

[Mione134]

He's GOT to go on the IL. I genuinely think there's something wrong.

 

[bbfan419]

Cancel Tanner Houck

He needs to go to the bullpen, once Bello, Giolito or Crawford returns, Houck is better suited for the BP anyway, unless they can trade him as part of a deal for a player that can help them.

 

[GatorMike]

Unless you have a really compelling reason, it's probably best not to get too concerned about individual performances before say... Memorial Day.