Lively Main League Baseball gamers weren’t allowed to play for his or her nationwide groups on the Tokyo Olympics, however Crimson Sox supervisor Alex Cora has been protecting tabs on the gamers that would in the future make up the way forward for the group.
There’s a handful of Boston prospects that made the trek to Tokyo, however the star of the present has undoubtedly been Triston Casas, the staff’s first-round decide in 2018. Casas has been the beginning first baseman for Staff USA in all 4 of its video games to date and has gone 5-for-16 with three dwelling runs and eight RBIs (together with at the very least one in every recreation.)
“We have been paying consideration,” Cora mentioned Wednesday earlier than the Crimson Sox confronted the Detroit Tigers. “With Triston we all know the kind of participant he’s. It looks as if he is having fun with the expertise. He is been very emotional, which we love.
“We have been in contact with Darren (Fenster, who coaches within the Crimson Sox farm system and is Staff USA’s third base coach) all through the match and so they’re more than happy not solely what he is doing on the sector however the best way he is doing stuff off the sector, the best way he has related with veteran gamers. That is a part of participant growth. The truth that he can go to a high-pressure scenario and carry out at this degree is superb. He is a very good one. He is an essential piece of our future and we’re very happy with him.”
Casas, 21, has appeared in 46 video games for Double-A Portland this season and hit .271 with 30 RBIs and 6 dwelling runs.
Cora laughed off a query about Casas becoming a member of the Crimson Sox within the close to future, however the group does appear to have a productive first baseman developing the pipeline. He’s presently ranked because the No. 1 prospect within the Crimson Sox system by MLB.com.
In whole, the Crimson Sox had six prospects competing within the Olympics: Casas and Jack Lopez (Staff USA), Denyi Reyes, Johan Mieses and Roldani Baldwin (Dominican Republic) and Joey Meneses (Mexico). Of them, simply Casas and Lopez stay within the match.
Staff USA’s quest for gold will proceed Thursday at 6 a.m. ET in a semifinal recreation in opposition to South Korea.
