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Here's One Thing Red Sox's Chaim Bloom Is Looking For From Triston Casas

Bloom wants to see more 'Full-Count Casas.'

Scott Neville

Here's One Thing Red Sox's Chaim Bloom Is Looking For From Triston Casas
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While Triston Casas has come on fairly strong in his first stint with the Boston Red Sox, the team is still looking to see a bit more.

MLB.com's Ian Browne asked Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom a few questions prior to Wednesday's 5-3 loss to the New York Yankees. 

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One question involved Boston's most-hyped prospect in quite some time. Browne asked Bloom what he'd like to see from Casas down the stretch.

"One of the things that we expected to see and hoped to see is the quality of his at-bats," Bloom told Browne. "I heard Tony (Massarotti) calling him Full-Count Casas on the broadcast the other day. That’s the hitter that we know he is. The ability to work an at-bat has always been there. You never know for sure if that’s going to translate to the highest level, and so far it has. If that’s the case, I think we are going to see some really good things from this kid in the future."

Casas certainly has met said expectations thus far. The hulking first baseman averages 4.40 pitches per plate appearance, the most on the roster. His plate discipline is his greatest strength, as most sluggers his size have a propensity to swing freely. 

The results have yet to follow, but he's shown some pop, including a 411-foot, opposite-field blast over the Green Monster on Tuesday off of New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole.

On the season Casas is hitting 3-for-26 (.115) with two home runs, four RBIs, three runs, a stolen base and an 8-to-4 strikeout-to-walk ratio in nine games. His strikeout-to-walk ratio will be much closer to even with a larger sample size and some more experience at the highest level. 

His numbers aren't gaudy, but he's hit the ball hard consistently and looks to be as strong and confident as expected. 

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Scott Neville
SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer.  His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu

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