Red Sox Announce 2026 Spring Breakout Roster: Prospects To Watch In Matchup With Orioles

The Spring Breakout Event is back this year, featuring some of the best prospects in all of baseball. The Boston Red Sox's contingent will square off against the Baltimore Orioles on March 20 (6:05pm EST).

The annual event has led to some memorable moments in recent iterations — it was just last year that Roman Anthony, Marcelo Mayer, and Kristian Campbell all homered in the Spring Breakout game — and this year's contest should be no different. Many of Talk Sox's top 20 Red Sox prospects in 2026 will be in attendance, as will a large swath of the team's top 2025 draft picks.

Below you'll find the team's initial 40-man pool of players eligible for the game; due to the World Baseball Classic interrupting spring training, the Red Sox will finalize their roster (consisting of 23-27 total players) on March 18.

PITCHERS (18)
Cooper Adams, RHP
Jake Bennett, LHP
Alex Bouchard, RHP
Sadbiel Delzine, RHP
Austin Ehrlicher, RHP
Anthony Eyanson, RHP
Leighton Finley, RHP
John Holobetz, RHP
Jacob Mayers, RHP
Hayden Mullins, LHP
Marcus Phillips, RHP
Eduardo Rivera, LHP
Reidis Sena, RHP
Brady Tygart, RHP
Tyler Uberstine, RHP
Juan Valera, RHP
Kyson Witherspoon, RHP
Gage Ziehl, RHP

CATCHERS (4)
Nate Baez
Johanfran Garcia
Franklin Primera
Gerardo Rodriguez

INFIELDERS (11)
Marvin Alcantara
Franklin Arias
Josue Brito
Yoeilin Cespedes
Freili Encarnacion
Henry Godbout
Ahbram Liendo
Hector Ramos
Mikey Romero
Dorian Soto
Mason White

OUTFIELDERS (7)
Enddy Azocar
Miguel Bleis
Allan Castro
Anderson Fermin
Justin Gonzales
Harold Rivas
Nelly Taylor

Spring Breakout Pitching Prospect To Watch: Kyson Witherspoon

We still haven't actually seen the Red Sox's top draft pick from 2025 actually take the field with the team, but what a stage this would be for the former Oklahoma Sooner to make his pro baseball debut. There are concerns about his command, but Witherspoon has an electric fastball and dominant breaking pitches that would play really well in a short one- or two-inning stint that the Spring Breakout Game would afford him.

It's possible he doesn't make the final roster once the Red Sox pare down their 40-man pool, but the point of this game is to highlight the best prospect talent in every team's farm system. As a consensus top-five prospect in the organization right now, Witherspoon certainly fits that distinction.

Spring Breakout Hitting Prospect To Watch: Franklin Arias

Someone who will definitely be on the final roster is Arias, who has already made some flashy plays in the field this spring. He's looked overmatched in his few trips to the plate, but he mustered a 109 wRC+ in 2205 while ascending to Double-A as a teenager. Now set for his age-20 season, the slick-fielding shortstop is arguably the best prospect in the system heading into 2026.

After the memorable performance the Big 3 put forth last year, it'd be nice to see Arias get his own shining moment during the nationally broadcasted prospect-fest.

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