Triston Casas has only played in two games since starting his rehab assignment with the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox, but he doesn’t seem to be feeling great physically yet.
Through eight plate appearances this week with the WooSox, Casas said his ribcage injury is causing him immense pain in the batter’s box.
“Right now when I make contact with the ball, it feels like someone’s stabbing me with a knife right in the ribs,” Casas told NESN’s Laura Stickells on Friday. “Right when it happened I felt like I got shot with a gun, so it’s dulled down.