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Triston Casas' Knee Injury Appears To Be Worse Than Initially Speculated

One of the most promising young talents on the Red Sox is battling injury.

Scott Neville

Triston Casas' Knee Injury Appears To Be Worse Than Initially Speculated
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It seems as if the Boston Red Sox could have a more serious injury on their hands than initially believed. 

Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas has been held out of the Dominican League since Oct. 17 with a knee injury. 

It was initially reported that Casas was expected back in the lineup as soon as Oct. 25, but he's yet to return.

While the timeline was not executed perfectly to plan, it's not all doom and gloom for Casas.

Red Sox beat writer Mac Cerullo reported that Casas underwent an MRI in Boston and everything looked good. He also noted that the 22-year-old is expected to rejoin the Tigres del Licey Dominican League team "at some point soon."

Casas is going to be a major part of the Red Sox lineup next season after the team endured years of lackluster production at first base. 

Boston will need Casas, the No. 25 prospect in all of Major League Baseball according to MLB Pipeline, to live up to the hype after a year in which the lineup struggled to hit the ball out of the yard with any consistency whatsoever. 

While it's never a good thing for a player to be injured in the offseason, the knee injury likely will just be a bump in the road for Casas, even if there was a minor setback involved. 

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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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