Triston Casas Posts Cryptic Message on Instagram

[BaseballGuru]

TC needs to be sat down and told "You are here to do 1 thing...Hit the ball in the seats" THAT'S IT‼️ NO worries about OBP, BB, SB, BA YOU'RE HERE to put the middle in pitch over the bullpen or into the batters eye, middle away bang it off or over the monster.  Yes play good D but YOU ARE ONLY HERE TO CLEAR THE BASES‼️IF YOU HIT 210 WITH 40HRs YOU DID YOUR JOB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ORDER‼️THE OTHER THINGS MAY COME IN TIME BUT AGGRESSIVE SWINGS EYES ON THE BALL TO THE BARREL AND LET IT FLY‼️ DO NOT TRADE HIM‼️ I BELIEVE FRANCONA BUT SOMEONE SAID THIS EXACT THING TO BIG PAPI AND HE ERUPTED FROM THAT SEASON TO THE HOF‼️

[moonslav59]

4 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

You missed where I said 801. His best year, when he hit 856, was when he had his best 2 strike approach. 

Okay, I guess .800 is not good enough.

2nd best strike approach is a bit misleading. It was also his second worst out of 3 or 4 seasons, depending on which ones you throw out as small sample sizes.

3rd best out of 4 is not something that proves anything.

[moonslav59]

51 minutes ago, BaseballGuru said:

TC needs to be sat down and told "You are here to do 1 thing...Hit the ball in the seats" THAT'S IT‼️ NO worries about OBP, BB, SB, BA YOU'RE HERE to put the middle in pitch over the bullpen or into the batters eye, middle away bang it off or over the monster.  Yes play good D but YOU ARE ONLY HERE TO CLEAR THE BASES‼️IF YOU HIT 210 WITH 40HRs YOU DID YOUR JOB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ORDER‼️THE OTHER THINGS MAY COME IN TIME BUT AGGRESSIVE SWINGS EYES ON THE BALL TO THE BARREL AND LET IT FLY‼️ DO NOT TRADE HIM‼️ I BELIEVE FRANCONA BUT SOMEONE SAID THIS EXACT THING TO BIG PAPI AND HE ERUPTED FROM THAT SEASON TO THE HOF‼️

If only players would do what their told!

[mvp 78]

2 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Okay, I guess .800 is not good enough.

2nd best strike approach is a bit misleading. It was also his second worst out of 3 or 4 seasons, depending on which ones you throw out as small sample sizes.

3rd best out of 4 is not something that proves anything.

His best season was when he had his best approach while having 2 strikes on him. Are you misreading what I'm trying to say? 

His lowest strike out looking percentage was 27% and occurred in '23 when he was most successful. 

[moonslav59]

5 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

His best season was when he had his best approach while having 2 strikes on him. Are you misreading what I'm trying to say? 

His lowest strike out looking percentage was 27% and occurred in '23 when he was most successful. 

Okay. I missed that this is what defines the best approach.

Sorry.

[mvp 78]

23 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Okay. I missed that this is what defines the best approach.

Sorry.

I'm not saying it's "the best approach" but it's something that he's particularly struggled with. The idea that he knows the k zone better than the umps is just silly to me. Don't let the umps put you on the bench. 

[moonslav59]

29 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

I'm not saying it's "the best approach" but it's something that he's particularly struggled with. The idea that he knows the k zone better than the umps is just silly to me. Don't let the umps put you on the bench. 

Who said that? That is silly.

[moonslav59]

Top Sox ISO 2023-2025 (300+ PAs)

On current roster only...

.211 Casas

.209 Abreu

.179 Narvaez

.171 Anthony

.167 Romy

.156 Story

.153 Rafaela

.143 Yoshida

.137 DHam

.131 Wong

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OBP

.396 Anthony

.347 Casas

.339 Duran

.337 Yoshida

.329 Romy

.326 Abreu

.306 Narvaez

.304 Wong

.284 Rafaela

.283 DHam

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SLG

.471 Duran

.465 Abreu

.463 Anthony

.457 Casas & Romy

.425 Yoshida

.419 Narvaez

.407 Story

.401 Rafaela

,378 Wong

.359 DHam

 

 

 

[Kimmi]

On 11/6/2025 at 6:43 PM, illinoisredsox said:

Not if said out drives home a run.

Fair.  I could agree with this.

I could also argue that adding another baserunner without making an out increases the average number of runs scored in the inning.  Of course, that requires the subsequent batter(s) to do something productive.

[Kimmi]

On 11/6/2025 at 7:31 PM, moonslav59 said:

I know I'm biased, and there is no reason for me to favor Casas over any other Sox player, but I think the umps screw him over more than anyone else on the team with balls and strikes calls.

Of course, he takes more pitches than anyone else, so that gives more opportunities, but I still think he got robbed too often.

I am biased towards Casas as well.  I hope that Cora and Breslow give him the chance to be our everyday first baseman. 

I do recall what seems like a lot of close calls going against him.  I'm not sure what has happened to the concept of protecting the plate on those borderline pitches.  

[moonslav59]

40 minutes ago, Kimmi said:

I am biased towards Casas as well.  I hope that Cora and Breslow give him the chance to be our everyday first baseman. 

I do recall what seems like a lot of close calls going against him.  I'm not sure what has happened to the concept of protecting the plate on those borderline pitches.  

If I'm right about bad calls, maybe the new challenge rule can help Casas reach a .400 OBP.

[Duran Is The Man]

7 hours ago, Kimmi said:

I am biased towards Casas as well.  I hope that Cora and Breslow give him the chance to be our everyday first baseman. 

I do recall what seems like a lot of close calls going against him.  I'm not sure what has happened to the concept of protecting the plate on those borderline pitches.  

when i played....the fastest way to a seat on the bench was to watch strike three go by with your bat on your shoulder. it's so accepted now, it drives me nuts.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

On 11/7/2025 at 3:25 PM, mvp 78 said:

I'm not saying it's "the best approach" but it's something that he's particularly struggled with. The idea that he knows the k zone better than the umps is just silly to me. Don't let the umps put you on the bench. 

What's silly to me is for a batter to call the pitch a ball before the ump does. If Casas does have a better eye for whether a pitch zipping past him is out of the zone, he should keep it to himself -- rather than showing up an older guy standing behind him.

Most hitters realize umpires are human beings full of flaws -- and that pointing those out can ultimately backfire in future at bats. But a little praise for the same Blue on good calls can also ingratiate a batter with a human who may be susceptible to holding grudges...

 

[mvp 78]

16 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

If I'm right about bad calls, maybe the new challenge rule can help Casas reach a .400 OBP.

He'll burn through those challenges in the first two at bats and get the rest of the team pissed at him. 

[moonslav59]

4 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

He'll burn through those challenges in the first two at bats and get the rest of the team pissed at him. 

Maybe, and he'll be on 1B most of the time.

[drewski6]

17 hours ago, Duran Is The Man said:

when i played....the fastest way to a seat on the bench was to watch strike three go by with your bat on your shoulder. it's so accepted now, it drives me nuts.

Its not. It was for a while, but its changed back.

I agree though.

If you are taking strike 3 that also means you are taking too many meatballs early in the at-bat.

Working counts is yesterdays news.  You have to use your time in the on-deck circle to time the fastball.  On a 0-0 count, you pull that trigger if its a fastball.

[drewski6]

Not swinging at fastballs will get you BENCHED. Doesnt even have to be srtike 3.  I still would bench dudes more than they are benched for it, but its not like its accepted anymore.  We are not in the era of draw walks and work counts and foul and drive up pitch count. We are in the era of punish mistakes even if they are on pitch 1 of an at bat

If I was a manager I would bench dudes in middle of at-bat for taking a fastball hahaha. Unless they are a 7,8,9 hitter or we are against an ace.  You can work a count if its vs an ace.

[drewski6]

3 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Maybe, and he'll be on 1B most of the time.

Swing the bat, boomer.

[moonslav59]

5 hours ago, drewski6 said:

Swing the bat, boomer.

He's got the best ISO on the roster, so he must already.

[mvp 78]

11 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

He's got the best ISO on the roster, so he must already.

That's not what ISO shows us.

[drewski6]

11 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

He's got the best ISO on the roster, so he must already.

My comment was in response to your comment about him standing on first base most of the time, by erring on the side of taking borderline pitches (clearly implying walks)

Walks are irrelevant to ISO because the denominator is AB, not PA.  Also, leading the team in ISO isnt a particularly high bar, unless we are including Devers, which we should if we are comparing Casas 2024 stats for comparison.

Over his career, Casas hits 8.4 extra base hits over 100 PA (8.4%).  Abreu is at 10.2%.  Story is 10.7%.  Devers is 10.8%.  Duran is 10.5%.  Judge is 11.6%.