Injuries to D.J. LeMahieu, Luis Gil, Giancarlo Stanton, and Gerrit Cole mean that the New York Yankees are unlikely to field a full-strength, fully fit team anytime soon this season. That’s the primary reason the Boston Red Sox have become a trendy pick in the AL East.
But the misfortunes of others aren’t the only reason the Red Sox are generating a buzz. With Roman Anthony (OF), Kristian Campbell (2B), and Marcelo Mayer (SS) all landing near the top of most prospects lists, they have garnered a large percentage of spring baseball talk. That too, without any of the three Sox phenoms yet in a starter’s role.
But make no mistake, that’s changing soon. Real soon. And their impending arrival was announced loudly and in unison at baseball’s spring breakout event.
Y'all ever wondered what The Avengers would be like if they played baseball?
We imagine it would look a lot like when Roman Anthony, Kristian Campbell and Marcelo Mayer all homered for the #RedSox at Spring Breakout: https://t.co/bEJGXXuJHo pic.twitter.com/pyeTKWA45J
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) March 14, 2025
Sox onslaught at MLB Spring Breakout
The Spring Breakout is a terrific idea from MLB. The best prospects are showcased in this four-day event, with games across Grapefruit and Cactus League ballparks. And the three Red Sox futures showed why they’re top of the picks.
Yup, all three homered in the same game. With second base still TBD, Campbell was the best bet but suddenly Mayer is still getting late camp at bats. As for Anthony, he’s MLB-ready but needs an opening in the Sox outfield.
This onslaught of young Red Sox players could have been even more impactful. They traded away a pair of top fifty prospects, catcher Kyle Teel and outfielder Braden Montgomery, to get new ace Garrett Crochet.
Sox spending again
The Red Sox have had just one post-season appearance since winning it all in 2018. The results include a pair of last-place finishes. The decline is punctuated by the horrible trade of Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers. All that’s left from that deal is starting catcher Connor Wong.
Not keeping and paying Betts has been a bad look for the organization. They did give Rafael Devers his pile of cash with a 10-year $313.5 million contract that runs through 2033.
The Red Sox went shopping in the big boys aisle this off-season. The trade for Crochet cost them big-time prospect talent. They gave ex-Dodger Walker Buehler $21.5 million for the season and hooked up with former Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman for three years in a whopping $120 million deal.
Fans still showed up at Fenway, they just weren’t that happy. That’s about to change. Should be a lot of fun when all three of those young talents arrive and start competing for the biggest prize again.
