Boston Red Sox Minor League Pitchers of the Month: June 2026

Ranking Red Sox Minor League Pitchers in June

#3 Devin Futrell (Greenville Drive)

The 10th-round pick out of Vanderbilt in 2024 made his debut in 2025 and made a great first impression, starting the season in Salem and pitching well enough to deserve a promotion to Greenville. He finished the season strong with a 1.09 ERA in 24.2 innings through five starts for the Drive. 

In the month of June this season, the southpaw was on fire, turning in a 2.95 ERA with 29 strikeouts through 21 ⅓ innings of work. His ERA skyrocketed after having a tough second start against the Winston-Salem Dash, giving up five runs on eight hits in four innings. After that, he looked like a different pitcher, tossing two straight scoreless outings, 13 combined scoreless innings.

Futrell faced Jersey Shore and Asheville in those two impressive starts, punching out 17 combined batters. He did an outstanding job at limiting runners throughout the month, allowing just a .198 batting average and a 0.89 WHIP.

The 23-year-old Florida native has impressed so far in his early professional career in Boston’s organization, especially as a 10th-round pick. If he continues to look great, we could see him pitching for the big-league club sooner than anticipated.

#2 Anthony Eyanson (Portland Sea Dogs)

Coming out of Southern California, 2025 third-round pick Anthony Eyanson has been a name fans are hearing a lot in the Red Sox farm system. Originally going undrafted in the 2022 MLB Draft after his senior year while putting up a 0.50 ERA, he committed to UC San Diego. After spending two seasons there, he entered the transfer portal, and the LSU baseball program took a chance on him for the 2025 season.

Eyanson had his best season as a college pitcher for LSU, striking out an absurd 152 batters, the third most in the SEC, trailing current top MLB prospects Liam Doyle and Kade Anderson (his LSU teammate).

The right-hander did not have his best stuff in the month of June, but he still made it work, registering an insane 0.52 ERA  through 17 ⅓ innings. This was the month he dealt with the most traffic on the bases, allowing 12 hits and 10 walks in four starts, but he still only gave up one earned run. 

The Red Sox's top pitching prospect showed why he should be the next big superstar. It is very impressive to post that low an ERA with the amount of traffic he had to deal with, leaving an absurd number of runners on base without scoring. The 21-year-old grinded in his four starts for Portland; they were not flashy by any means, but he displayed his craftiness and sequencing. 

The only thing that took him off the #1 spot was the hits and walks he gave up; although he had a low ERA, his control and strikeout stuff was not as locked in as his teammate placed over him.

#1 Gage Ziehl (Portland Sea Dogs)

Drafted in the fourth round back in 2024, University of Miami product Gage Ziehl has made his way to his third team in the pros. Originally taken by the New York Yankees, Ziehl was dealt to the White Sox in exchange for outfielder Austin Slater in the middle of the 2025 season. In the 2025-26 offseason, Boston offloaded an absurdly bad Jordan Hicks, plus David Sandlin, to the White Sox for Ziehl and a player to be named later. 

In his age-23 season, Ziehl was assigned to Double-A Portland and has looked solid, but he was exceptional in June. The best part of his game is limiting walks, throwing strikes, and forcing batters to swing out of the zone, which is a good combination of traits.

The picture above is his percentiles in June; he has been ridiculously dominant, potentially using this month as a stepping stone to becoming a legitimate top prospect.. It is easy to see why Craig Breslow wanted to trade for him; he pounds the zone, limits traffic, and fits exactly what type of pitcher the organization wants to develop. 

Through four starts in June, the right-hander registered a 1.66 ERA with 23 strikeouts and just three walks in 21 ⅔ innings. The New York native limited batters to a .192 average and 0.83 WHIP. Ziehl is listed in the 96th percentile in O-Swing%, 95th percentile in strike%, and 91st percentile in BB%. He does not light up the radar gun by any means, but he has shown he can be a workhorse on the mound.

It is hard to say what his future in the Red Sox organization will look like with all of the young impressive arm talent they have in the farm system, but if Ziehl continues at this pace, he could put himself on the big-league radar by next year.

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