Casas has been embroiled in the worst stretch of his career, hitting .171 with a .570 OPS in his first 23 games this season, so he knew it was time to make a change. “I felt like I was getting to a good spot, timing-wise, and still missing the ball. So, might have just been the way my barrel was entering the zone. I’ve got really long arms, long levers, so maybe trying to stay so tight to my body isn’t such a good thing. I need to work on getting extended and catching the ball a little more out front (with the bat), and it could start with my stance. The last couple days have been a good indication of hopefully good things to come.” Casas has hit a three-run home run in each of the last two games since the adjustment, so perhaps the hot streak is coming.

Casas needed this one, badly. It was his second round-tripper of the season and first time leaving the yard since April 3. The 25-year-old first baseman has gotten off to a painfully-slow start at the dish this season, but the Red Sox don’t have much of a choice besides trying to let him figure things out. They’ve slammed the door on the idea of Roman Anthony moving to first base and there aren’t any viable alternatives within the organization. Hopefully Casas can turn things around in the coming weeks and make it a non-issue.

Casas has moved down from clean-up to sixth and will now hit seventh as he is in the middle of a rough start to the season. This seems to be a trend with Casas. In his young career, he is a .182/.291/.356 slash line in March and April with a 28 percent strikeout rate. However, from June on in his career, he’s hit .268/.377/.515. This season, Casas has a near 10 percent barrel rate, a career-high fly ball rate, and a near 80 percent zone contact rate. He has gotten more aggressive than he was in the past and is swinging and missing more than he ever has, so this may simply be the case of a young hitter who was too passive early in his career trying to figure out just how aggressive to be. We’d still recommend holding onto him in all fantasy leagues.