Red Sox’s Triston Casas shares cryptic message as buzz swirls about future

This is a curious way to be “transparent.”

Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas posted a cryptic message alongside an at-bat photo after missing much of the 2025 season due to a left patellar tendon rupture in the spring.

“If we’re gonna have any chance at something decent it’s stuff like this that needs to be addressed , I’m going to try to be as transparent as possible… within reason . No delusion , just normalizing the tough conversation,” the 25-year-old Casas wrote.

A former first-round pick in 2018, Casas hit just .182 across 29 games.

The Red Sox are coming off a 89-73 campaign that ended with a three-game wild-card series loss to the Yankees.

Boston chief baseball officer Craig Breslow offered an intriguing response last month when discussing Casas and the team’s first base situation.

The Red Sox used several players to man the spot in Casas’ absence this year.

Triston Casas in September 2025. Boston Globe via Getty Images

“I don’t think it makes a ton of sense, on Oct. 6, to say someone is or isn’t our first baseman,” Breslow said, according to Sports Illustrated.

“We’ll see how things play out. Unfortunately, Triston has missed a significant amount of time over the last two years, but we’ve also seen what he’s capable of doing when he’s healthy.”

Triston Casas, here in April 2025, missed most of the season due to injury. Diamond Images/Getty Images

Boston could look mighty different in 2026 as pitcher Lucas Giolito declined his mutual option, along with star third baseman Alex Bregman, who was just one season into a three-year, $120 million deal.

Bregman’s arrival in free agency wasn’t without drama, as Red Sox veteran Rafael Devers had manned third base — a controversy Casas inserted himself into back in February.

“It’s Raffy Devers’ position,” Casas said. “He’s the third baseman and at that point, that’s where it stands, and he’s done it for a really long time now and he’s only getting better at the position. His defense is getting better every single year, we don’t know what the future holds but we know it holds Raffy Devers.”

Devers eventually relented to the role of designated hitter before being traded to the Giants when he refused to play first base after Casas’ injury in June.

Prior to the conclusion of the season, Casas remained hopeful of a 2026 Opening Day return.