The Boston Red Sox have made it clear that they want to continue building around their young core of players. After signing righty Brayan Bello to a six-year, $55M contract extension, Boston has now shifted its focus to first baseman Triston Casas.
The 2018 Red Sox first-round draft pick is headed into his second full season with the team. In 2023, Casas slashed .263/.365/.477 with 24 homers and 65 RBI. Casas also finished third in the 2023 American League Rookie of the Year voting.
The slugger has been in talks with Boston regarding an extension all spring, but the two have yet to find a common ground.
“There’s been offers. There was an offer a couple of weeks ago, right around the same time that [Brayan] Bello’s was made,” Casas told Alex Speier of The Boston Globe. “My team, my agency, didn’t seem to think that the dollar amount the Red Sox put forward was the value that [the agents] see in me as a player. I don’t particularly know what my value is as a player, so I can’t really argue with [what] the professionals in my agency are saying.”