Jones & Keefe: Lou Merloni on what the Red Sox should do with Triston Casas, and where they can add

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00:00Loomer Loney, Red Sox Insider, joining us here on Jones and Keefe, as he does every

00:04Friday at noon, on Kassus.

00:07What should they do?

00:09Well, the problem is, is the way he's finishing up, you know, it's like diminished returns,

00:14right?

00:15It's not exactly selling high, but, you know, the Rosenthal thing, it's like, I think you

00:21dangle them, you know, just like I think you dangle a lot of these guys, including all

00:25your prospects in AAA, you know, including your outfield, and you have to get a horse.

00:29You have to get a starter to put on top of these guys.

00:33And is that value too low for a guy like Kassus now?

00:36Or is his, you know, the history of him, I think, you know, would allow you to make a

00:41big trade.

00:43And the Rosenthal thing talking about, you know, Devers going to first base and bringing

00:46a right handed bat for third.

00:47I mean, I don't mind that idea at all.

00:49It's just that you keep going back to what he was in the second half of the year.

00:52And you're like, man, I mean, you're too left handed.

00:55You want to give up on that.

00:56But I think you dangle him.

00:57I think you dangle everybody.

00:59One of the righties that has had a successful year is Tyler O'Neal, his 30th home run the

01:04other night.

01:05Are you bringing him back or is there no room for him?

01:08I think it depends on what you do with Masa.

01:10You know, if you're if you want to move him, if you're able to move him, there's a lot

01:13of different ways.

01:14I mean, you could trade two lefties and then turn around and be like, hold on.

01:17We might need a left handed bat in this lineup.

01:19We might just turn into right handed.

01:21Right.

01:22But if that's not the case and you move Masa, then I think, you know, the finish with O'Neal,

01:26I think you'd consider it maybe with a DH right handed bat.

01:30I think there's going to be a lot of stuff in the air this this offseason with trades.

01:35I expect it to be a heavy trade offseason.

01:38And depending on where that path goes, he could still find himself here DHing.