{"id":115127,"date":"2026-03-04T23:05:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T04:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=115127"},"modified":"2026-03-04T23:05:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T04:05:33","slug":"red-sox-prospects-mlbs-top-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2026\/03\/04\/red-sox-prospects-mlbs-top-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Prospects: MLB&#8217;s Top 30 and Intriguing Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every year, <\/span><a  href=\"http:\/\/mlb.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MLB.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> releases their top 100 prospects in all of baseball. This occurs around late-January, which is the perfect time right before pitchers and catchers report, and the spring training part of the season begins. This past Monday, MLB also started releasing the top 30 prospects by team. The Red Sox list <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/redsox\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was released on Monday,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> alongside all AL and NL East teams. Here are the top 30 for Boston (with MLB Top 100 rank if applicable).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Red Sox Prospects: MLB&#8217;s Top 30 and Intriguing Players<\/h2>\n<h3><b>Top 30 Prospects\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/tollepa01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Payton Tolle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (MLB Rank: #19)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=arias-008fra\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Franklin Arias<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (MLB Rank: #31)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/earlyco01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connelly Early<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (MLB Rank: 56)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=wither000kys\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyson Witherspoon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (MLB Rank: 84)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=valera001jua\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Juan Valera<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=gonzal003jus\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Justin Gonzales<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=bennet007wil\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jake Bennett<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=soto--000dor\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dorian Soto<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=philli006mar\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marcus Phillips<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=eyanso000ant\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anthony Eyanson<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=godbou000hen\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Henry Godbout<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=azocar000end\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enddy Azocar<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=romero000mik\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mikey Romero<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=holobe000joh\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Holobetz<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=uberst000tyl\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tyler Uberstine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=mullin000hay\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hayden Mullins<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=bleis-000mig\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miguel Bleis<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=cesped002yoe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yoeilin Cespedes<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=delzin000sad\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sadbiel Delzine<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=rivas-001har\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harold RIvas<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=ziehl-000gag\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gage Ziehl<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=taylor003nel\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nelly Taylor<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=ramos-001hec\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hector Ramos<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dawvris Brito<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=castro000all\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allan Castro<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=rivera006edu\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eduardo Rivera<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=rodrig009ger\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gerardo Rodriguez<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=garcia009joh\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Johanfran Garcia<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=monegr000yor\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yordanny Monegro<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=cason-000con\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conrad Cason<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<ol><\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s an interesting group of prospects altogether, including some with slight major league experience. Here are seven names to keep an eye out for, whether it\u2019s because they have a good chance of coming up this year, or because they\u2019re an intriguing prospect.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Dorian Soto, SS<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dorian Soto is a switch hitting infielder whose start to his professional career<\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/redsox\/dorian-soto-829039\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been likened <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the start of <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bogaexa01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Xander Bogaerts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s career. Soto has a very good bat in terms of contact, batting .302 in his first year of rookie ball. He also walked 16 times and had an OBP of .366. His issues come with his fielding. He\u2019s played at other areas of the infield, but his primary position has been shortstop. But at shortstop this past season, he had seven errors out of 117 chances, putting his fielding percentage at .940. He\u2019s 18, and just starting professional ball, but it\u2019s something to watch out for when developing him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Anthony Eyanson, RHP\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anthony Eyanson broke onto the scene last college season, finishing third in all of D-1 with 152 strikeouts. The projected first round pick slipped to the third unexpectedly, and the Red Sox jumped at the chance to draft him. And with that 12.7 SO\/9, it\u2019s very easy to see why. His slider clocks in around 85 MPH and is a real swing and miss pitch. But sometimes he gets too carried away and tries to paint corners a little too often to get batters to miss. Of the four up and coming pitchers in Witherspoon, Valera, Phillips, and Eyanson, Eyanson is said to have the most potential. Time will only tell.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Hayden Mullins, LHP<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hayden Mullins is a lefty in Portland currently, and he looks like one of the more promising lefties in the system. In Portland last year he went 7-2 with an ERA of 2.44. He had a 2-1 K-BB ratio as well. His slider and changeup are decent pitches, but he\u2019s also <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/redsox\/hayden-mullins-683093\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">working on a cutter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the low 80\u2019s. He\u2019s good at tricking batters, but his control is a little inconsistent. If he can harness that, he\u2019ll be a good major leaguer in a couple years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Gerardo Rodriguez, C<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gerardo Rodriguez has a good eye at the plate, and that\u2019s probably his best trait. In 228 at bats across rookie ball and Single-A, he only struck out 36 times. Despite a low strikeout rate, he does chase pitches. He\u2019s got a bit of a smaller frame, at five foot ten, 177 pounds. But the catcher has decent speed as of now. Defensively, he can block and frame well. His arm strength is spectacular too, throwing out roughly<\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/redsox\/gerardo-rodriguez-808269\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 35% of batters <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in his career.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Yoeilin Cespedes, 2B\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yoeilin Cespedes signed as an international free agent in 2023. He is still only 19 years old, and scouts are already calling him one of the best pure hitters in the system. Despite him struggling in Salem this season, he has <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/redsox\/yoeilin-cespedes-806985\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">garnered comparisons <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to a former NLCS MVP in <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kendrho01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Howie Kendrick<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This is mainly due to his bat and similar build to Kendrick. The comparison should really build the hype around him, but there needs to be more development at the upper levels. He started out hot, but his batting average dipped to .227 in Salem. In addition, his glove needs a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lot <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of work. 15 errors at second base this season is pretty much all that needs to be said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>John Holobetz, RHP<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sent to Boston as the player to be named later from the<\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/priesqu01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Quinn Priester<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> trade, John Holobetz stood out in Portland this past season. In six appearances, he held a 2.39 ERA while only walking 5 out of 138 batters. This season in general, he only allowed 20 of 499 batters, equaling a walk rate of about 4%. His arm extension made hitters struggle against his fastball, with <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/redsox\/john-holobetz-827292\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">only a .514 OPS against that pitch<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Dawvris Brito, SS<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brito\u2019s the newest prospect on this list, being signed to the organization in January. His best\u00a0 skillset is his bat. <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/redsox\/dawvris-brito-836605\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scouts are unsure<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> whether he should be a hit for average or a hit for power guy, that prospect\u2019s in a good spot.\u00a0 At 18, this debate could go either way, and there\u2019s the argument that choosing one over the other could fall flat. But for now, he possesses a good bat. The one issue with him is his arm. It\u2019s just average strength for a guy playing shortstop, and there could be talks of moving him to second or <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/video\/top-international-prospects-dawvris-brito-ss\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">even the outfield<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. But Brito could be an intriguing name to follow just off of potential alone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now just like any player, there\u2019s always a chance that these prospects flame out before getting to the majors. There\u2019s also a chance that some of these players are traded in a deal that helps the Red Sox. But this looks like a good farm system on paper, and hopefully these players (and all of the prospects) can grow and get a chance over the next few years or so.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credits: <span>Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, MLB.com releases their top 100 prospects in all of baseball. This occurs around late-January, which is the perfect time right before pitchers and catchers report, and the spring training part of the season begins. This past Monday, MLB also started releasing the top 30 prospects by team. The Red Sox list was released [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5767,"featured_media":115151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1071],"tags":[29135,28775,28646],"class_list":["post-115127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-redsox","category-mlb","tag-connelly-early","tag-franklin-arias","tag-payton-tolle"],"modified_by":"Evan Mazza, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5767"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115127"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115152,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115127\/revisions\/115152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}