Video: Red Sox Land 4 Prospects on MLB Pipeline's Midseason List

[Brandon Glick]

Despite graduating their Big Three prospects earlier in the year, the Red Sox were well represented in the mid-season Top 100 list from MLB Pipeline.

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[moonslav59]

We've heard a lot about the downtick of everyday prospects in the Sox system, and the argument does have some merit, but list list has our #1 (Arias at 24) and #3 (Garcia at 78) prospects as non pitchers. Tolle at #28 and Witherspoon at #94 round out our top 100 prospects. Perales would likely be top 100, if healthy, but there are a lot of prospects in that boat.

Other everyday players with a shot at moving up might be Gonzales, Soto, Taylor and longshots Romero. Bleis and Cespedes have lost their shine. Jo Garcia is my sleeper pick. Azocar might move up, but he's only 18

We have several pitchers that could jump in the rankings with a strong finish to 2025 and or a great start to 2026: Clarke, Valera and Early. Sandlin is 24 and needs to shine brightly to jump that high. Phillips & Eyanson have promise. My sleeper is Fajardo. Delzine is 17 and Cason 19. Let's see what they do, next season.

[drewski6]

3 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

We've heard a lot about the downtick of everyday prospects in the Sox system, and the argument does have some merit, but list list has our #1 (Arias at 24) and #3 (Garcia at 78) prospects as non pitchers. Tolle at #28 and Witherspoon at #94 round out our top 100 prospects. Perales would likely be top 100, if healthy, but there are a lot of prospects in that boat.

Other everyday players with a shot at moving up might be Gonzales, Soto, Taylor and longshots Romero. Bleis and Cespedes have lost their shine. Jo Garcia is my sleeper pick. Azocar might move up, but he's only 18

We have several pitchers that could jump in the rankings with a strong finish to 2025 and or a great start to 2026: Clarke, Valera and Early. Sandlin is 24 and needs to shine brightly to jump that high. Phillips & Eyanson have promise. My sleeper is Fajardo. Delzine is 17 and Cason 19. Let's see what they do, next season.

Why Arias so high!  

[moonslav59]

18 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

Why Arias so high!  

Apparently, he's near GG on D at SS, and he's hit okay, this year.

He's ranked 2nd on soxprospects.com

[mvp 78]

51 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

Why Arias so high!  

Some evaluators really, really like him. Some are unimpressed. He's had an up and down year so far. He's young and holding his own in High A. He has a clear path to be some sort of MLBer. 

[drewski6]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

Some evaluators really, really like him. Some are unimpressed. He's had an up and down year so far. He's young and holding his own in High A. He has a clear path to be some sort of MLBer. 

Higher than Tolle is wild to me.

[mvp 78]

8 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

Higher than Tolle is wild to me.

I agree.

Keith Law has Arias ranked as #8 in all of MiLB. Some scouts just REALLY love him.