Red Sox’ Triston Casas down on his defense: ‘I only remember the games that it’s lost us’

Alex Cora didn t mince words when discussing Triston Casas defense before Tuesday s battle Inconsistent the Sox skipper began There s a minimal things that we re working on with him and we believe he can be much better Casas was even harder on himself I only remember the games that it s lost us he reported the Herald of his defense It s one of those things you do things good and then one thing bad and it erases the good things I only remember the bad things those are the only things that stick out in my head So I feel like I m having a bad year defensively Casas has been a key contributor to the MLB-leading double plays his band has turned and he entered this week s Mariners series charged with only two errors on the season Mistakes aren t reliably ruled errors though and Casas can recite his from memory I know I made a big error in Chicago that was unacceptable and then there was a pick two days ago that I didn t make on Alex Bregman s ball he declared Another one that sticks out to me is Trevor Story s throw that I botched on his great play up the middle So yeah I got a bunch of errors and they ve come in specific big situations unfortunately and so I feel like I have a lot to work on and a lot to keep improving upon Cora noted that Casas requirements to improve his first step He s fallen into particular bad habits lately but if we can get that one down it ll be better Cora reported He s making throws he makes every throw at first base That s really good but yeah we gotta get him moving at first Solicited where he feels he can improve Casas had a different answer Keep playing the event with a lot of attention to detail just be anticipative to what I believe is going to happen he declared I know the pitch characteristics that our guys are throwing and I have an idea of how the opposing players are swinging the bat so I think just trying to think ahead and anticipate the type of ground-ball that I m going to get is going to be fundamental There s no ground-ball in practice that you can simulate that comes as hard as the ones in the tournament he continued When they hit the grass or whether they hit the dirt there s a lot of variables so really no two ground-balls are the same Casas entered Tuesday hitting with a OPS and only hits three doubles one home run six walls and strikeouts in games His walk rate is a far cry from the he played to in the first three years of his big-league career He s just over a year removed from the freak rib-cartilage injury which kept him sidelined until mid-August He s pain-free and confident his batspeed is as it was before the injury I think I m the same sportsman Numbers might not reflect that but physically my swing feels just as strong he disclosed