Marcelo Mayer and Roman Anthony, the two top prospects in the Red Sox organization, were in Boston recently to take part in the team’s Rookie Development program. (Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)Getty Images
Baseball America ranks the Red Sox 13th out of 30 teams in their 2024 MLB Farm System Talent Rankings.
Boston is ranked behind three AL East opponents. The Orioles are No. 1, the Rays are No. 7 and the Yankees are No. 9. The Blue Jays rank No. 24.
The Red Sox dropped eight spots after Baseball America ranked them No. 5 in its 2023 midseason talent rankings. BA noted, “Boston’s system is a little hitter-heavy at this point.”
A lack of pitching talent is why the Red Sox don’t rank higher. They have four positional prospects ranked on Baseball America’s Top 100 list. Shortstop Marcelo Mayer is No. 14, center fielder Roman Anthony is No. 21, catcher Kyle Teel is No. 62 and center fielder/shortstop Ceddanne Rafaela is No. 94.
But Boston has no pitchers in BA’s Top 100. It has just four pitchers ranked among its system’s top 20 prospects: righties Wikelman Gonzalez (No. 7), Luis Perales (No. 9), Richard Fitts (No. 11) and Yordanny Monegro (No. 18).
Baseball America ranked Boston’s farm system No. 10 entering 2023, No. 11 entering 2022, No. 21 entering 2021, No. 22 entering 2020 and No. 30 entering 2019.
