Boston Red Sox Top 30 Prospects 2023 Preseason

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Joe Doyle

April 1, 2023

The Boston Red Sox’s Opening Day roster has merely a small handful of homegrown talent, led by star third baseman Rafael Devers. When the club was a perennial World Series contender, the organization did more damage from within.

The Sox do, however, have a chance to push a few impact players onto their 26-man in the next year or two, and perhaps Triston Casas, the club’s Opening Day first baseman, is the start.

*Ages as of July 1, 2023

RANK AGE PLAYER POS OFP
1 20 Marcelo Mayer SS 60

Mayer’s aesthetically pleasing swing comes with power potential, a chance to hit .260 with high on-base marks, and a real shot to stick at shortstop.

RANK AGE PLAYER POS OFP
2 23 Triston Casas 1B 50

Casas makes consistent contact, particularly for a hitter with his kind of power potential, and could be at the cool corner in Beantown for a decade.

RANK RANK PLAYER POS OFP
3 19 Miguel Bleis OF 50

The raw power is tremendous from a bigger swing than the player stands tall, but at 19 there’s refining needed and time for Bleis to get there.

RANK AGE PLAYER POS OFP
4 22 Ceddanne Rafaela OF 50

One of the elite defensive center fielders in professional baseball also brings plus speed and a chance to get to average power.Mata

RANK AGE PLAYER POS OFP
5 24 Bryan Mata RHP 50

Mata is a strong right-hander knocking on the door of the majors with three quality pitches, led by a fastball in the mid-to-upper 90s and a plus slider.

RANK AGE PLAYER POS OFP
6 21 Nick Yorke 2B 45

If Yorke can manage to make enough contact there’s average or better power ready to make an impact, even if it’s as a utility player.

RANK AGE PLAYER POS OFP
7 24 Enmanuel Valdez 2B/3B 45

Valdez’s power has exploded the last two seasons and he’s managing the strike zone well enough to suggest one of the first calls to the minors for help has Valdez’s name all over it.

RANK AGE PLAYER POS OFP
8 19 Mikey Romero SS 45

Romero is a high-probability middle infielder with the swing of a batting champ in the mold of Tommy Edman.

RANK AGE PLAYER POS OFP
9 20 Eddinson Paulino SS 45

Paulino brings intriguing raw power to the batter’s box and if he can stick up the middle the bat projects to play in the majors.

RANK AGE PLAYER POS OFP
10 19 Cutter Coffey SS 45

Coffey profiles best as a third baseman or utility player where hit bat and arm liely play best, but if the hit tool remains advanced and he maxes out the power the Red Sox will take a bat-first second baseman playing next to Mayer at Fenway Park.

RANK AGE PLAYER POS OFP
11 21 Wikelman Gonzalez OF 40
12 19 Roman Anthony OF 40
13 20 Luis Perales RHP 40
14 26 Brandon Walter LHP 40
15 19 Brooks Brannon C 40
16 25 Chris Murphy LHP 40
17 20 Blaze Jordan 1B/3B 40
18 20 Brainer Bonaci 2B/3B 35
19 24 Wilyer Abreu OF 35
20 19 Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz RHP 35
21 22 Matthew Lugo SS/3B 35
22 23 Nathan Hickey C 35
23 24 Niko Kavadas 1B 35
24 22 Dalton Rogers RHP 35
25 21 Chase Meidroth 2B 35
26 22 Gilberto Jimenez OF 35
27 25 Ronaldo Hernandez C 35
28 23 Alex Binelas 1B/3B 35
29 23 Corey Rosier OF 35
30 24 Shane Drohan LHP 35

All Rankings, OFPs by Joe Doyle.
Player notes by Jason A. Churchill.

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