The Red Sox have enviable depth in the outfield, at shortstop, at second base, and even in the rotation, for the first time in a few years.
They also addressed their catching depth by signing veteran Yasmani Grandal to a minor league contract.
What they lack are options at first base beyond Triston Casas.
Utility player Romy Gonzalez is the only other first baseman on the major league roster. Triple A Worcester is using catcher Nathan Hickey there and trying middle infielder Vaughn Grissom to see how that looks.
Casas is off to a slow start, but the Red Sox will give him plenty of runway. The bigger concern is injury. If Casas lands on the injured list, Gonzalez and his 23 games of major league experience at first base are the only choice.
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Alex Cora has said Rafael Devers will not play the field this season. It might not be a bad idea to have him take some grounders at first base and see what it looks like.
Maybe the Sox could have Marcelo Mayer give it a shot in Worcester.
A few other observations on the Red Sox:
⋅ The Sox took advantage of the Brewers’ desperate need for pitching with the trade of Quinn Priester last week.
In addition to a legitimate prospect in 19-year-old outfielder Yophery Rodriguez, the Sox received a competitive-balance draft pick, No. 33 overall.
Now the Sox will pick 15th, 33rd, 75th, and 87th in the draft, making up for the pick they lost to the Astros for signing Alex Bregman.
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The Sox took Michael Kopech the last time they had the 33rd pick. That was in 2014.
That the Sox were willing to trade Priester speaks to the much better job they’ve done building starter depth under Craig Breslow.
⋅ Entering the weekend, the Red Sox had nine players with at least one stolen base. The only team with more was the Mariners with 12.
⋅ Here’s another one you didn’t expect. There are only three Red Sox pitchers in the last 30 years who pitched at least five innings in each of their first six major league games. They are Daisuke Matsuzaka (2007), Justin Masterson (2008), and Richard Fitts (2024-25).
⋅ Roman Anthony, who turns 21 on May 13, is the youngest player in Triple A, which is roughly 850 players at a given time. Mayer, 22, is the 15th youngest.
⋅ Kristian Campbell reached safely in his first 13 career games. He was 14 of 44 (.318) with 10 runs, eight walks, six extra-base hits, and five RBIs.
Since 1920, only two Red Sox players age 22 or younger had longer streaks.
Ted Williams reached in 15 straight games in 1939. He went on to drive in 145 runs, have a 1.045 OPS, and finish fourth in the MVP voting behind Joe DiMaggio, teammate Jimmie Foxx, and Bob Feller.
The other was George Scott, who reached in his first 26 games in 1966. The Boomer was an All-Star and finished third in the Rookie of the Year voting behind Tommie Agee and Jim Nash.
⋅ Campbell’s brother, Kayden, is a junior infielder at Pope High in Marietta, Ga. He’s receiving recruiting attention from several Division 1 schools, TCU among them.
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Kayden made it up to Boston for the press conference announcing his brother’s new contract despite having played a game the night before.
⋅ Sam Bregman, Alex’s father, is running for Governor of New Mexico as a Democrat. He will oppose former Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland in the June 2026 primary.
Bregman is the District Attorney of Bernalillo County.
Peter Abraham can be reached at peter.abraham@globe.com. Follow him @PeteAbe.