Triston Casas, One Of Red Sox Top Prospects, Among Non-Roster Invitees For Spring Training

BOSTON (CBS) -- One of the Red Sox top prospects will be a part of big league Spring Training.

Triston Casas, a slugging first baseman in Boston's farm system, is now one of 23 players who are non-roster invitees to the team's Major League Spring Training camp.

Last season, the 22-year-old split time between Double-A Portland and Triple-A Worcester. In 86 combined games, Casas posted a batting line of .279/.394/.484 with 14 home runs. He is currently rated as the Red Sox second-best prospect by Baseball America and MLB.com, only behind last year's first-round pick Marcelo Mayer.

Last year, he was also named to the All-Olympic Baseball Team, as he helped lead the United States to a Silver Medal in Tokyo.

Casas was one of 12 players added by Boston on Saturday to its list of non-roster invites:

The Red Sox first Spring Training game takes place March 17 at JetBlue Park against the Minnesota Twins.

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