Triston Casas, who has been out for over three months with a rib injury, is taking batting practice and could start a rehab assignment in the Boston Red Sox's minor league system this week.
first baseman Triston Casas could start a minor league rehab assignment by the end of this week, chief baseball officer Craig Breslow said Thursday morning on WEEI's "The Greg Hill Show."
In Casas' absence, Boston has leaned on 29-year-old Dominic Smith to take on the bulk of the reps at first base. Smith is batting .232 with a .697 OPS and -0.2 WAR since joining the Red Sox in May. The 24-year-old continued to miss benchmark after benchmark in his recovery process, however, as he has now missed Boston's last 80 games.
Casas was batting .244 with six home runs, 10 RBI, an .857 OPS and 0.2 WAR through 22 games before he went down.
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