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For years, the management staff of the Boston Red Sox has extolled the virtues of the team’s farm system. The players it praised so highly are still months away from being ready for MLB play.
As those prospects have advanced through the minor league ranks, Boston’s farm system has continued to get better. According to MLB Pipeline’s most recent analysis, it might be among the best in the league.
Three Red Sox prospects are ranked in the top 10 and six are ranked in the top 100 by MLB Pipeline. In order of ranking, Boston’s top 100 players are Roman Anthony (No. 3), Marcelo Mayer (No. 7), Kristian Campbell (No. 10), Kyle Teel (No. 25), Braden Montgomery (No. 54), and Franklin Arias (No. 95).
Boston has more prospects in the top 10 of any MLB team with to the inclusion of Anthony, Mayer, and Campbell; no other team has three players in the top 30. Campbell is the reason the Sox dominate the top 10.
Three of the Red Sox’s prospects are ranked in the top 10 of MLB Pipeline’s top 100.
Of all the prospects on the list, Campbell’s single-season rise was the largest. He went from No. 74 to No. 10, a jump of 64 spots; the only other prospect to do so in a single season was Kumar Rocker of the Texas Rangers. Over 115 games at three different minor-league levels, Campbell hit an incredible.330/.439/.558 with a.997 OPS.
Following his excellent time in Triple-A at the end of the season, Anthony has surpassed Mayer at the top of the Red Sox’s list. For the WooSox, he batted.344/.463/.519 with an OPS of.982 throughout 35 games. Shortly after being promoted to Triple-A, Mayer was sidelined for the entire season, denying the Red Sox the opportunity to witness him perform at the greatest level before the season ended.
Montgomery has been referred to as “the steal of the draft” since the Sox selected him in the first round of the 2024 MLB Draft. He hasn’t got a chance to show off his skills in the pros because he was wounded when he was drafted. With enough experience, the switch-hitting outfielder should rise quickly on the list.
Craig Breslow, chief baseball officer of the Red Sox, did not rule out the possibility that Boston’s top prospects may appear on Opening Day in 2025. It might not take much longer for Red Sox supporters to witness the team’s best player in the major leagues.