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Red Sox’ Triston Casas offers update, clarification on rib injury, says he’s confident he’ll play again in 2024

Casas said he doesn’t have a firm recovery timeline, but he expects to return at some point this season.

By Kaley Brown

April 26, 2024

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Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas gave an update regarding his rib injury on Friday, offering both good and bad news.

Casas, who was placed on the 10-day injured list on Sunday with a fractured left rib, called his ailment something else when speaking to reporters at Fenway on Friday: Torn cartilage.

Boston originally called the ailment a rib strain after Casas left the team’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday. He suffered the injury while taking a hard swing in the first inning. He exited the game after drawing a walk and was replaced defensively.

Casas’s latest diagnosis doesn’t shorten or extend his recovery timeline or change when he’ll be back on the field, the 24-year-old said. That schedule, however, isn’t set in stone.

He could begin cardio activity in anywhere between three and nine weeks, Casas said. Nine weeks from now is the end of June, perhaps slotting him for a post-All-Star break return, if he were to follow that particular timeline.

Despite being unsure of when exactly he’ll return to the diamond, Casas said he expects to play again in 2024.

Since being sidelined, Bobby Dalbec has primarily started games at first base for the Red Sox. Dalbec is batting 0.77 with a .143 on-base percentage through 17 games.

Dalbec is easily the best option available on the team to replace Casas at first base, but Boston is surely missing Casas’s bat. Before getting hurt, Casas was batting .244 with a .344 OBP on the year. He hit six home runs and logged 10 RBI over 22 games. Not to mention, was heating up at the plate following a cold start.