Triston Casas downplays being named in commerce rumors

“They’ve instructed me that not one of the rumors are true. Perhaps all that different stuff is all clickbait.”

Triston Casas says he’s obtained assurances from the Pink Sox that they need him in Boston long-term. Winslow Townson/Getty Pictures

By Kaley Brown

January 11, 2025 | 5:39 PM

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The Pink Sox have publicly denied making first baseman Triston Casas out there in commerce talks this offseason.

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Regardless, Casas doesn’t sound too nervous in regards to the swirling rumors.

Talking with reporters through the workforce’s “Fenway Fest” on Saturday, the 24-year-old (who turns 25 on Jan. 15) mentioned he’s obtained assurances from Boston’s brass that they wish to preserve him on the Pink Sox.

“They’ve instructed me that not one of the rumors are true. Perhaps all that different stuff is all clickbait,” Casas mentioned (by way of MassLive’s Chris Cotillo). “For proper now, they’re attempting to guarantee me they need me to play right here for a very long time. … They carry it as much as me jokingly, virtually.”

Courting again to the tip of final season, Casas’s title has appeared in a number of commerce rumors. His title is commonly listed as a participant that the Pink Sox try to commerce in trade for pitching.

For instance, Casas has reportedly been on the desk throughout commerce talks with the Seattle Mariners in potential swaps for beginning pitchers akin to Luis Castillo, Bryce Miller, and Bryan Woo.

Casas was additionally reportedly slated to be dealt to the Mariners a separate time this offseason. He was on the desk to be despatched to Seattle alongside teammate Masataka Yoshida in a salary-clearing try in trade for Castillo.

“I strive to not get too caught up in it,” Casas mentioned on Saturday (by way of NESN’s Tim Crowley). “I really feel like that’s a part of the enterprise of baseball is checking in on gamers, seeing what sort of worth you may get again. You by no means know what sort of haul you may get for a participant or how a lot one other group values any person. It is perhaps in one of the best curiosity to maneuver myself or anyone actually if there’s a adequate bundle.”

Following Boston signing starter Walker Buehler final month, Cotillo reported that Casas is unlikely to be dealt, because the workforce appears happy with its pitching workers.

Casas and his Boston bosses negotiated a contract extension final offseason, to no avail. The Pink Sox provided him a deal, which Casas’s get together turned down, he defined final March.

The left-handed hitter mentioned he’s hopeful to renew extension discussions as spring coaching looms.

“Hopefully I put up some numbers, and we get again to contract extension talks,” Casas mentioned on WEEI (by way of RedSoxStats on X). “The Sox have been my first workforce and hopefully my final. I play for the six letters on my chest.”