The Boston Red Sox are calling up slugging first base prospect Triston Casas ahead of Sunday's series finale against the Texas Rangers.
Casas has hit .273/.382/.481 with 11 homers over 72 games at Triple-A this season. The 22-year-old is the second-best prospect in the Red Sox system behind former fourth overall pick Marcelo Mayer and ranks No. 26 in all of baseball, according to MLB Pipeline.
The former first-round pick joins a Red Sox club that is without trade-deadline acquisition Eric Hosmer. Bobby Dalbec has gotten most of the starts at first base this year for Boston but has struggled, hitting .211/.282/.362 (78 wRC+) with 11 homers and two steals. The Red Sox are optioning Dalbec to the minors in a corresponding move.
