He's still only 23, with an advance understanding of the zone he should only continue to hone with experience.
It's enough to make you wonder what kind of leap he'll make even next year, especially as he cements himself at cleanup in Cora's lineup.
When he sees what he likes, he unloads, and he's aiming to do serious damage. Early in the season, he controlled the strike zone to a fault, sometimes passively taking hittable pitches, but not anymore. What Casas has very quietly done over the last two months is supplant Rafael Devers as the most dangerous hitter in the Red Sox lineup. You start looking at numbers, and he's becoming one of the best hitters in the big leagues without too many people talking about it." "At the end of the day, what he wants is to do damage in the zone," manager Alex Cora told reporters in Tampa, including Chad Jennings of The Athletic. "And if it's not there, he'll take his walks. Even if his glove needs work, Casas clearly fits that description. That bodes well for a Red Sox club using every day this month to determine who can be a long-term piece of the future. As it is, he shouldn't finish worse than third. If it weren't for the runaway success of the Orioles and five-tool threat Gunnar Henderson, Casas would be the Rookie of the Year favorite. Overall, Casas has started sneaking onto a number of full-season American League leaderboards, including on base percentage (.368, 10th), slugging percentage (.503, 7th), and OPS (.870, 7th).
No biggie, just a 23 YO mixed in with 4 MVP candidates /sa35XzUz3c Highest OPS in MLB since the All Star break - (min 150 PA)
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