Top Prospect Franklin Arias Promoted to Double-A Portland

I like the move.

I'd like to see Mullins in AAA.

20 minutes ago, harmony said:

Columnist Jim Bowden at The Athletic ranked Franklin Arias No. 32 on his Top 50 prospect list:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6587372/2025/09/03/top-mlb-prospects-rankings-griffin-wetherholt-mcgonigle/

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Arias was the only Red Sox farmhand on the list.

No Tolle highway.

13 hours ago, harmony said:

Columnist Jim Bowden at The Athletic ranked Franklin Arias No. 32 on his Top 50 prospect list:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6587372/2025/09/03/top-mlb-prospects-rankings-griffin-wetherholt-mcgonigle/

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Arias was the only Red Sox farmhand on the list.

They might not Sox have promoted too many others to MLB to still overpopulate any Top 50 list…

Red Sox should leave Arias at Portland for a year and then if he's hitting great, promote him to Boston.

Skip Worcester altogether, so it won't inflate his stats and make him think he's a home run hitter, which can lead to making him a strikeout whiffer in the majors -- if he's deluded enough.

I don't know why I just said that, I've only seen it with Campbell, Mayer, Anthony and Garcia so far this season.

Then again, Arias needs to show he can hit the best possible pitching before he leaves the minors -- so the Red Sox should just make Woo their Double A park, and use Portland for Triple A.

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

I don't trust Bowden to create any prospect list. 

He's a lot more wrong than he is right. Passan is the only one I trust.

11 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Worcester is supposedly more of a launching pad for lefties, but not really held up via park factors. It's more middle of the road for AAA ballparks. The reason hitters can rack up HRs is due to feasting on some mediocre pitching. It would happen at any ballpark in the International League. 

Maybe, but I've been there several times every year this decade. The wind is always blowing out.

Worcester always get the worst weather, compared to nearby cities like Springfield, Hartford, and Boston. Higher elevation equals heavier rain, heavier snow, and a lot of double-headers from cancelled games (where presumably taxed bullpens throw more meatballs).

9 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

I wouldn't let Passan make a prospects list either. I'd trust him for news and rumors though. 

Good point.