The Boston Red Sox need a new first baseman. They have already found a short-term solution, but now they need to figure out how they will proceed following Triston Casas‘ injury. The first baseman is out for the season with a left knee patellar tendon rupture, the team announced on Saturday.
Now what? There are many ideas circulating—ranging from moving Rafael Devers to first base to bringing in a player from outside the organization. One thing that’s not expected: neither Marcelo Mayer nor Roman Anthony is likely to move to first base in the short term.
«In the short term, we brought [Abraham] Toro up,» said general manager Craig Breslow on Saturday before the second game against the Minnesota Twins. «The conversations about long-term solutions are ongoing. We’ll figure something out. We have no choice.»
It seems that there is a difference in vision between the Front Office and the Field Manager regarding Rafael Devers. Breslow has not ruled out the idea of moving the Dominican-born player to first base.
«All options are on the table,» said the general manager to NESN. «Asking guys who haven’t played in the big leagues yet to assume a new position while trying to make that transition is a difficult ask. We need to be open-minded about solutions here.»
But the idea of moving Devers is something that Alex Cora is not convinced about.
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«It just happened yesterday,» Cora told MassLive.com regarding the idea of moving Rafael Devers to first base. «We’ll talk and see where we’re at. But I think Romy and Toro can do the job. I truly believe that, so we’re going to roll with them.»
