Red Sox 1B Triston Casas out for rest of season after rupturing left knee tendon

BOSTON AP Boston Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas suffered a ruptured tendon in his left knee and is out for the remainder of the season the gang stated on Saturday The -year-old Casas ruptured his patellar tendon running to first on a slow roller up the line and fell awkwardly in Boston s conquest over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night After laying on his back in pain not moving the knee he was carted off on a stretcher before being taken to a Boston hospital Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow announced Casas who remains in the hospital will have surgery but the date has not been determined I talked to him last night Breslow explained in a press conference discussing the injury outside Boston s clubhouse We exchanged text messages in the present day We all care deeply about just his overall wellbeing Manager Alex Cora noted Casas worked hard during the offseason to play every day after missing a large amount of last year with torn cartilage in his rib cage He did an outstanding job in the offseason to put himself in that situation It didn t start the way he longed it to Cora announced of Casas struggles He was going to play and play a lot Now we ve got to focus on the rehab after the surgery and hopefully get him back stronger than ever and ready to go next year Casas batted just with three homers and RBIs but Breslow noted his loss will be felt especially with the squad s lack of depth at the position He certainly struggled through the first month of the season but that didn t change what we believe his production was capable of being Breslow declared It s a big loss In addition to what we think we were going to get on the offensive side he was kind of like a stabilizing presence on the defensive side of the field also a big personality and a big part of the clubhouse During spring training Casas talked about how his focus at the plate this season was being more relaxed You really want it until you don t he mentioned explaining his thoughts while standing at his locker Then you can t want it that much Now he ll have to focus on his recovery plan for next season Casas a left-handed batter was placed on the -day injured list Saturday with infielder outfielder Abraham Toro selected from Triple-A Worcester Cora explained Toro a switch-hitter will split time at first along with Romy Gonzalez who bats right-handed Breslow announced the company might be exploring a long-term replacement This is unfortunately an opportunity to explore what s available he revealed We ll look both internally and outside as well Cora revealed there are no plans to move Rafael Devers who was replaced at third by offseason free-agent acquisition Alex Bregman and moved to DH We solicited him to do something in spring training that in the beginning he didn t agree with it and now he s very calm doing what he s doing Cora commented Like I advised you guys in spring training he s my DH AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb