This is the newest on Triston Casas, Johan Oviedo accidents
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Casas’s rib damage doesn’t seem like a long-term concern.
Purple Sox supervisor Alex Cora offered a number of damage updates Saturday, notably relating to first baseman Triston Casas and right-handed pitcher Johan Oviedo.
Triston Casas’s rib standing
Casas acquired some much-needed excellent news after being shut down from baseball actions as a consequence of a rib damage earlier this week. The 26-year-old will resume hitting from a tee Monday, Cora advised reporters (through MassLive’s Christopher Smith).
Casas’s rib soreness arose from swinging the bat in late March. Cora mentioned the difficulty popped up “a number of days” earlier than April 1.
Cora mentioned that Casas was experiencing an intercostal pressure, which was initially a regarding revelation given the participant’s historical past with rib illnesses. Casas suffered torn rib cartilage in April 2024, which saved him away from the diamond for a lot of that season.
Casas has struggled to remain wholesome since then. He started this season on the injured listing as he continues to rehab from a extreme knee damage suffered in Might 2025.
When and if Casas returns to Boston in 2026, it’s unclear the place he would match on the roster. Willson Contreras, the group’s beginning first baseman, clobbered his first house run (423 toes and over the Inexperienced Monster) of the yr within the Purple Sox’ 5-2 home-opening win Friday. Contreras is below contract in Boston by 2027 with a membership possibility for 2028.
Casas is strictly a 1B; he performed a handful of video games at third base within the minor leagues seven years in the past.
Lower than splendid information for Johan Oviedo
On the pitching facet, Oviedo acquired a poor well being replace in comparison with Casas.
Oviedo will meet along with his Tommy John surgeon, Dr. Keith Meister, Tuesday after experiencing an alarming throwing arm drawback that landed him on the injured listing. The Purple Sox categorized it for granted elbow pressure.
The 28-year-old hurler underwent Tommy John surgical procedure in December 2023.
Oviedo noticed his velocity dip in his March 30 reduction outing through which he allowed six hits and 4 runs, together with two house runs, by 3.2 innings of labor. His fastball was averaging 93 miles per hour, a fall from his 2025 95.5 common.
After the sport, Oviedo advised reporters that he felt high quality health-wise and couldn’t clarify what occurred on the mound.
“I’m shocked like most likely everybody else,” Oviedo mentioned on the time (through Smith). “I imply my physique feels good. It’s not like I really feel sore or something prefer it. So that you simply gotta hold working to determine what the difficulty is.”
Nevertheless, come Wednesday, Oviedo couldn’t bend his arm, touchdown him on the IL.
“After I wakened within the morning, I couldn’t bend or flex my arm once I was getting off the bed,” Oviedo mentioned (through MassLive’s Chris Cotillo).
Kutter Crawford, Patrick Sandoval close to rehab outings
Proper-handed pitcher Kutter Crawford, who’s recovering from a number of 2025 accidents, together with wrist surgical procedure, is on his means towards minor league rehab outings. Crawford missed all of 2025 after tossing a profession excessive 183.2 innings in 2024.
Fellow RHP Patrick Sandoval, who equally hasn’t pitched within the majors since 2024, will start his rehab project Sunday. Sandoval, 29, who Boston signed in free company in 2024, will begin for Double-A Portland.
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