Boston Red Sox get new Triston Casas injury update ahead of Opening Day

Boston Red Sox get new Triston Casas injury update ahead of Opening Day originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Boston Red Sox and Triston Casas haven't had the greatest relationship over the past few years, and his injury last season only complicated that.

Now, with Opening Day about a week away, the left-handed hitting first baseman is still dealing with that injury. Casas, who has been working his way back from injury, provided an update on his timeline. While he's making some progress now, the Red Sox want to take a cautious approach rather than rushing him back into action.

“I don’t have a plan to start Opening Day with an affiliate,” Casas told Chris McCaffrey of The Athletic. “I haven’t discussed with the team if they want me to continue rehab at a facility up north at an affiliate. We haven’t discussed where I’ll be in April, but we’re taking it week by week.

The return-to-play guidelines were between 12 and 14 months, and I’m at 10 1/2 right now, so it’s coming close, but not for this month. ” With this in mind now, Casas will likely have to wait at least a few weeks before we see him back on the field. There is about a 5% chance that he doesn't have to go on a rehab assignment, so that would take another week or so, at the very least.