2026 Prospects

[moonslav59]

Catcher Ronny Hernandez made his mark in his organizational debut. A day after his activation by Greenville, Hernandez was 4 for 4, blasting a solo home run in the seventh inning and a game-tying solo shot in the ninth. He scored four runs and drove in two...

-Soxprospects.com

[moonslav59]

GRE won 6-4 and had 16 hits & 5 walks. Every batter got on base 2+ times! Gonzales (5) and Godbout (5) homered. Both are now over .870. Kirwin K'd 6 in 3 scoreless innings.

Seigler homered (1st) for Woo, who was up 7-4 going into the 9th. It's tied, now.

[Larry Cook]

At Worcester - seigler with his 1st tater and Lloyd with his 1st tater of the season. Castro with his 5th tater of the season. 
 

at Portland - turner with his 3rd tater of the season. 
 

at Greenville - Gonzales with his 5th tater of the season and godbout with his 5th tater of the season! 
 

 

[mvp 78]

9 hours ago, Larry Cook said:

At Worcester - seigler with his 1st tater and Lloyd with his 1st tater of the season. Castro with his 5th tater of the season. 
 

at Portland - turner with his 3rd tater of the season. 
 

at Greenville - Gonzales with his 5th tater of the season and godbout with his 5th tater of the season! 
 

 

Nice to see Godbout develop some power. I know the Sox were working on adding that this offseason. He already has a strong hit tool and decent defense. Will be interesting to see if they move him to 3b or 2b first. That could tell us what they are thinking about Mayer. They also may just use him as trade bait at some point.

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

Nice to see Godbout develop some power. I know the Sox were working on adding that this offseason. He already has a strong hit tool and decent defense. Will be interesting to see if they move him to 3b or 2b first. That could tell us what they are thinking about Mayer. They also may just use him as trade bait at some point.

With the state of our non 1B infield, I'm not sure we should think about trading an infield prospect, unless we know something bad about them.

.449 IKF (42 PAs)

.526 Durbin (134)

.629 Monasterio (60)

.655 Mayer (109)

That's 245 PAs! (17% of the team's total. 1/9th is 11% for reference.)

Farm:

1.109 Arias AA

1.051 Capra AAA

.947 Gasper AAA

.919 Ferguson AA

.896 Godbout A+

.883 Seigler AAA

.810 Sogard AAA (on the 40)

.777 Cheng AAA (on the 40)

.755 Campbell (on the 40)

.753 Eaton AAA (on the 40)

[mvp 78]

1 hour ago, moonslav59 said:

With the state of our non 1B infield, I'm not sure we should think about trading an infield prospect, unless we know something bad about them.

Oh, I don't think they should either. I'm just saying it's a thing they may end up doing. Positional players are more prized on the trade market today as they are less volatile commodities. 

2B Godbout

SS Arias

3B Mayer

Looks good to me. Maybe swap the positioning of Mayer and Godbout? 

[mvp 78]

SP updated their rankings.

Debuts or Return to Top 60
Jack Anderson at 54
Tsung-Che Cheng at 59

Notable Risers
Anthony Eyanson from 6 to 3
Yoeilin Cespedes from 35 to 20
Eduardo Rivera from 33 to 21
Yophery Rodriguez from 56 to 36
Dylan Brown from 60 to 40
Johanfran Garcia from 52 to 44

Notable Fallers
Allan Castro from 16 to 24
Nelly Taylor from 23 to 38
Miguel Bleis from 34 to 39
Ryan Watson from 31 to 47
Noah Song from 42 to 55

[moonslav59]

3 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Oh, I don't think they should either. I'm just saying it's a thing they may end up doing. Positional players are more prized on the trade market today as they are less volatile commodities. 

2B Godbout

SS Arias

3B Mayer

Looks good to me. Maybe swap the positioning of Mayer and Godbout? 

If we do any trading, it is more likely it is FOR prospects.

[moonslav59]

Stanley Tucker from GRE to SAL. (Austin Ehrlicher was activated from IL.)

Cade Feeney from POR to Woo. (Brendan Rodgers to full season IL.)

Erik Rivera from Woo to POR. (Sox signed Raymond Burgos to minor league deal and placed w Woo.)

Gasper from WOO to BOS. (Anthony to 10 Day IL.)

 

 

[moonslav59]

2 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

SP updated their rankings.

Debuts or Return to Top 60
Jack Anderson at 54
Tsung-Che Cheng at 59

Notable Risers
Anthony Eyanson from 6 to 3
Yoeilin Cespedes from 35 to 20
Eduardo Rivera from 33 to 21
Yophery Rodriguez from 56 to 36
Dylan Brown from 60 to 40
Johanfran Garcia from 52 to 44

Notable Fallers
Allan Castro from 16 to 24
Nelly Taylor from 23 to 38
Miguel Bleis from 34 to 39
Ryan Watson from 31 to 47
Noah Song from 42 to 55

Also, Bennet from 10 to 6 is kinda notable.

Lesser risers...

Holobetz 14>11

Azocar 15>12

I still think Jo Garcia should be ranked higher, but we'll see. They did give hi a little boost.

[moonslav59]

soxprospects.com still takes a dim view of our catching prospects despite Brez adding several in recent months.

30. Gerald Rodrigues A+ (IFA Jan '23)

Potential up-and-down depth catcher. Ceiling of a second division regular who contributes on both sides of the ball. Intriguing skillset for a catcher. Has upside at the plate if he can refine his approach and continue on his current defensive trajectory.
 

31. Luke Heyman A- (Alex Hoppe trade)

 Powerful right-handed hitter with a chance to stay at catcher. Wide-range of outcomes still, but has intriguing impact ability and a strong arm to build on. If he can stay at catcher, he could bring an intriguing offensive skillset to the position, but might have enough offensive upside to profile at first base if he can’t stick behind the plate.

33. Franklin Primera FCL (IFA SEP '24)

Young catching prospect with considerable defensive upside. Development will largely turn on how his bat develops, as his defense is advanced for his age. Needs to get stronger, but shows some intriguing offensive traits.
 

44. Johanfran Garcia AA (IFA JAN '22)

Potential minor league depth player. Projection is fluid and depends on how much further he comes back from knee surgery, which is a significant question given his physical profile and need to work on maintaining his physique. Prior to his injury, showed an advanced bat for his age and the ability to impact the baseball, but has not shown the same impact ability and loud tools since he returned. If he can improve his conditioning, that impact could return some, but that remains to be seen.

45. Adonys Guzman A+ (Part of Jh Garcia-Oviedo trade)

Intriguing catching prospect with a defense first profile. Has the type of defensive ability that could carry him to the high minors in short order. Upside will be determined by how much he hits.

56. Brooks Brannaon AA (listed as 1B now- drafted in 2022)

 High-variance prospect who has struggled to stay healthy in his pro career and faces significant questions defensively, but shows at least one very intriguing tool that could play at the MLB level. Has upside if he can stick behind the plate due to his power, which is among the best in the system, but questions regarding his hit tool and defense cloud his projection. If he is unable to stick at catcher, which currently seems likely, would be limited to first base or designated hitter, putting far more pressure on his hit tool to improve and allow him to tap into his impressive power. Needs to make more contact and chase less in order to allow his power to play to its potential.

 

[Larry Cook]

8 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Nice to see Godbout develop some power. I know the Sox were working on adding that this offseason. He already has a strong hit tool and decent defense. Will be interesting to see if they move him to 3b or 2b first. That could tell us what they are thinking about Mayer. They also may just use him as trade bait at some point.

I have watched godbout in the field and if I am being honest, he is barely adequate defensively.  He reminds me of a hang’em chaim kind of player!!!  high contact hitter, but low defensive profile 
 

 

[Larry Cook]

At Worcester - Cheng with his 4th tater and sogard with his 4th tater of the season, 

at Portland - Brannon with 2 taters for 4 on the season. Taylor with his 2nd tater of the season.  Baez with his 4th tater. And alcantarra with his 2nd tater on the season. 
 

at Greenville - white with his 7th tater of the season 

 

 

[moonslav59]

Sogard also doubled as did KC and Eaton. Bastardo struggles while Song did well and got the win.

Brannon jumped to 1.152 with those two dingers.

Mason White with 7 dingers-wow!
 

Futrell finally had a bad game, but still had 5Ks in 4 IP with no BBs. For the season:

28Ks to 5BB in 27.1 IP

 

[moonslav59]

It's great seeing Eyanson jump to #3 from #6. Of course Early's graduation helped for 1 slot, but he also jumped Witherspoon & Valera.

Tolle may graduate soon.

[moonslav59]

Speaking of prospect graduations, Early's recent one broke 5 straight everyday player trend by the Sox (Sogard>Narvaez>Campbell>Anthony>Mayer.) Slaten graduated in JUN 24, and there were 7 out of 8 everyday between Kelly in May '23 and Early in May '26. From DEC '22, it was 9 out of 11.

The current top prospects list shows the flip that has taken place under Brez's watch:

5 of top 6 are pitchers (Arias is #2.)

14 of top 23 and 17 of 27.