Casas has a left rib fracture. Transferred to the 60 Day IL on 4/27.

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Pulling cartilage in your ribs can happen with no impact, and it hurts as much as a broken rib. (I've experienced both)
You’d be looking at a post ASB return best case it it’s is pulled cartilage and possibly a lost season. Weird injury
 

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There has to be some quad-A 1B they can trade for who can be in Cleveland by Tuesday?
 

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My first thought was why a third catcher who like the other two has no 1B experience? The answer...there's not another position player left on the 40 roster that they can bring up.
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything like this 22 games into the season.

It is truly unbelievable
 

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Evan Longoria says hi.
They need help now. I’d rather trade for some 28 year old in AAA who can play Tuesday rather than wait for Longoria or Belt to ramp up.

If it turns out Casas is out for a while, maybe then add one of them too.
 

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Why not just move Mata to the 60 day IL and call up Niko Kavadas, so you at least have a 1B. Even if Mata is close to throwing the timing would about line up with the 60 day stint after his rehab is up, and Kavadas isn't exactly a prospect anymore so if we end up having to dfa him at some point no biggie.
 

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It could just be as simple as they have a game to go before an off day, so they bring up the available body and then makes the necessary moves Monday
 

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I know Kavadas is not on the 40-man but he seems to be the perfect replacement. He’s a lefty with power who’s been playing first base. He’s been decent so far in AAA and has had enough reps. In 60 games in AAA he has an OPS of .882.
 

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It could just be as simple as they have a game to go before an off day, so they bring up the available body and then makes the necessary moves Monday
Yup. Prevents them from playing with a short bench
 

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Yup. Prevents them from playing with a short bench
They already had a short bench with Devers not playing. We already saw what can happen last week when the Red Sox played 2 men short and lost in extras. Even if it's just for a day, you need to have a fuller bench.
 

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They already had a short bench with Devers not playing. We already saw what can happen last week when the Red Sox played 2 men short and lost in extras. Even if it's just for a day, you need to have a fuller bench.
And how do you suppose they do that, without putting someone else on the IL
 

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And how do you suppose they do that, without putting someone else on the IL
I was responding to the poster who wondered why the Red Sox would recall a 3rd string catcher. He's the only position player left on the 40 man roster literally. My suggestion: Put Mata on the 60 day IL and put Devers on either the 15 or 10 Day IL. I'm not sure how long the Red Sox can backdate thr Devers injury but it seems a few more days off might help his knee and shoulder. He hasn't looked right all season.
 

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I was responding to the poster who wondered why the Red Sox would recall a 3rd string catcher. He's the only position player left on the 40 man roster literally. My suggestion: Put Mata on the 60 day IL and put Devers on either the 15 or 10 Day IL. I'm not sure how long the Red Sox can backdate thr Devers injury but it seems a few more days off might help his knee and shoulder. He hasn't looked right all season.
I forget if it was pre or post game, but Cora said that after he had a conversation with Devers and they both felt that with Sunday and the day off on Monday he'll be ready to go on Tuesday. Tuesday is also the day that O'Neill will be eligible to return from the 7 day IL. I'm not sure if he'll be ready or not as the last report I heard a couple of days ago had him still feeling a bit lightheaded.
 

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In the truest of senses, it’s hard to even believe. The entire starting infield (1B, 2B, SS, 3B), a starting OF, and 3/5 starting pitchers injured. And it’s April 20th.
Well at least there’s a good excuse available if they have a bad season, right? Silver lining and all that.
 

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In the truest of senses, it’s hard to even believe. The entire starting infield (1B, 2B, SS, 3B), a starting OF, and 3/5 starting pitchers injured. And it’s April 20th.
Yeah this actually is totally crazy when you lay it out like that.
 

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I checked on BBREF re O’Neill at 1B experience. Nope, not a single game at 1B in the majors or minors. Hell, even Sandoval played there a few games (Giants), even though he split himself in half stretching for a low throw.

Is Brandon Belt retired? He OPSed .859 in 103 games last year for Toronto. That’s Casas territory. I really like Brandon Belt. Terrific Giants player during their big run.
 

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Any doctors or doctor-adjacents out there who want to speculate on rib strain recovery time?
 

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Might as well use Eric Hosmer as long as they’re still paying him.
That’s a pretty deep cut, but yeah we own him minimum still!

I checked on BBREF re O’Neill at 1B experience. Nope, not a single game at 1B in the majors or minors. Hell, even Sandoval played there a few games (Giants), even though he split himself in half stretching for a low throw.

Is Brandon Belt retired? He OPSed .859 in 103 games last year for Toronto. That’s Casas territory. I really like Brandon Belt. Terrific Giants player during their big run.
If Casas is down for an extended period then Belt does look good, assuming still trying to compete
 

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Any doctors or doctor-adjacents out there who want to speculate on rib strain recovery time?
I've had it twice... both due to injuries. Took me six weeks to get back to normal. The good news is that it wasn't a chronic condition and once it healed, it was healed.
 

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That’s a pretty deep cut, but yeah we own him minimum still!


If Casas is down for an extended period then Belt does look good, assuming still trying to compete
It'll be interesting to see what they do. I have to think they still want to compete. They're two games over .500, the pitching has been incredible, they're getting excellent seasons out of O'Neill, Casas, Duran, and Yoshida and young guys like Abreu are coming on. They've been out-of-their-minds bad on defense, and the offense has been slightly worse than expected, I think, and could have been better going forward if they had a Casas-like bat. This team could be in the race for a wild-card spot this year, and from there, who knows what happens.