2026 Prospects

[Larry Cook]

8 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Azocar got the callup. He'll really mash in the HR heavy SALY. 

Azocar and Heyman promoted to Greenville! 

[moonslav59]

2 hours ago, Larry Cook said:

Azocar and Heyman promoted to Greenville! 

GRE was hyped to start the year based ona rotation that included Valera, Witherspoon, Eyanson & Phillips, but the offense has been amazing, and they just added these two:

Azocar .875 at SAL

Heyman .803 at SAL

1.054 Ro Hernandez

.942 Cespedes

.892 Gonzales

.872 Ma. White

.865 Godbout

.853 Winnay

.825 Hu. White

.766 Encarnacion

.760 A Guzman (was sent down to SAL)

Louis Andujar was promoted from FCL to SAL

Uberstine to rehab at GRE, while Erik FRivera was activated off the IL w POR.

[Larry Cook]

Eaton with his 5th tater. 
 

Herman with 2 taters and Cespedes with a tater, 

Tucker with a tater as well. 

[moonslav59]

Clean farm sweep (assuming GRE holds on to its 10-2 lead.)...

Gamboa went 4 scoreless in relief in Woo's win. Seigler had 2 hits to quietly go over .800.

Eyanson looked human but still K'd 8 in 4 IP. Brannon with 2 more hits (1.073.)

Welcome to GRE for Heyman and Azocar- they went 4-8. Heyman is making us ask Alex Hoppe who? Godbout hit his 7th. Cespedes is turned me back into a believer. (He's at .967, now.)

Morgan pitched well again for SAL.  His ERA is now 1.98. Tucker homered, again.

The minors are more fun to watch.

[sk7326]

Since Law has been posting videos on IG from scouting missions ... 

Keith Law (@mrkeithlaw) • Instagram reel

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57 likes, 3 comments - mrkeithlaw on May 25, 2026: "checked out some Red Sox prospects including Kyson Witherspoon and Yoeilin Cespedes - full writeup coming Tuesday #redsox...

 

[moonslav59]

Bennett pitched well in Woo's 8-1 win. 5 IP, 4H, 1ER, 1BB & 7Ks. Seigler is heating up as he homered & went 3-5. He's at .866, now. Ward, Eati=on, Capra and Castro all had 2 hits.

POR won 6-2 as Wehunt went 6 (3H, 1ER, 1BB, 8K) Arias homered (2-5) as did Jo Garcia (.791) & Turner (.781.)

GRE won 11-5. Phillips struggled. Azocar's promotion has been  stunning- he homered again and went 2-4. (1.500 in 2 gms) Mason White went 3-4 (.895) and Ro Hernandez homered and went 3-4 (1.248.) GRE had 11 hits and 8 BBs.

SAL lost 4-2. Cohen pitched 4 great innings in relief.Salazar went 2-4.

[mvp 78]

Law:

Arias 3

Eyanson 21

[mvp 78]

Also James "not highly ranked anywhere" Tibbs 24 👨‍🦯

[sk7326]

Some words on the rankings: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7311086/2026/05/28/mlb-prospects-top-50-midseason-update/

Arias

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Arias has already set a new career high in homers, with 11 in 36 games so far in Double A, but more impressive is how difficult it has been to strike him out: he has just 19 strikeouts on the season, a 12.3 percent rate, with a whiff rate on pitches in the zone of just 13 percent this year. Arias is very likely to stick at shortstop with excellent hands and a plus arm, with 25+ homer upside.

Eyanson

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If there’s one thing the Red Sox can do consistently on the development side, it’s add velocity. Boston’s third-round pick last year had been up to 98 at LSU, but sat more 93-94; he’s picked up about 2 full mph, hitting 100.2 mph in Boston’s Spring Breakout game, and everything else has been just as good if not better than it was in college. He still has that plus slider, which seems to break forever, while his curveball is a hammer that’s nearly 12/6, and his splitter has become a real weapon for him, with a 63 percent whiff rate in a small sample. He comes from a pretty high slot that adds some deception, although he can be a little north-south and doesn’t work inside that well to righties. I wrote in January that “I see a back-end starter future, although he could have a higher ceiling if the Red Sox can help him find a better fastball,” so, uh, well, that was fast.

Tibbs - now in LA

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King Tibbs the Third was traded twice last summer, landed with the Dodgers after the second deal, and on the Dodgers’ instruction, just went back to the way he hit in college. He’s at .316/.424/.599 in Triple A, with a hard-hit rate of 56.5 percent, tied for fourth in the PCL in homers, even though he doesn’t play in one of that league’s high-altitude hitters’ havens. He’s swinging hard, and has some whiff in there, especially on breaking stuff, that will probably make him more of a low-average power hitter in the majors but with enough damage on contact and walks to be an above-average right fielder.

BTW: In the IG post I had earlier ... besides the work in progress with Witherspoon's new delivery, the other highlight of the trip apparently was Cespedes bouncing back onto the serious prospect radar.

[moonslav59]

Not bad having these many top prospects with so many recent graduations.

Tolle & Early

Anthony & Mayer

Narvaez & Campbell

Rafaela, Abreu & Slaten

Duran, Crawford & Bello (not so recent as in '22)

 

[sk7326]

1 hour ago, moonslav59 said:

Not bad having these many top prospects with so many recent graduations.

Tolle & Early

Anthony & Mayer

Narvaez & Campbell

Rafaela, Abreu & Slaten

Duran, Crawford & Bello (not so recent as in '22)

 

True - though the team (particularly with position players) has been careless with the big league promotions

 

[moonslav59]

3 minutes ago, sk7326 said:

True - though the team (particularly with position players) has been careless with the big league promotions

 

I disagree. I do think KC was called up too early, but he was the prospect of the year, and we sucked at 2B, so I'm not making a fuss over it.