The minor league season continues in the Red Sox organization and May saw another promising month for the farm system.
Roman Anthony continues to mash as the best prospect in baseball, another outfield prospect surged, a 2020 draft-pick made a necessary progression and young arms are on the rise.
Here’s what we saw from the Red Sox farm system in May.
What More Can Roman Do?
We wrote last month that Anthony deserved his shot. The only thing that’s changed since then is that his case is even stronger.
Anthony slashed .317/.444/.465 for a .910 OPS with just two more strikeouts than walks. He’s at nine home runs on the year and is a complete offensive force.
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We write about this every day. You get the picture. The Red Sox need to reward Anthony.
Good For Blaze
Blaze Jordan spent parts of three seasons with Double-A Portland. He needed a break and he finally forced Boston to promote him.
Jordan won Eastern League Player of the Month honors in May when he slashed .390/.490/.671 for an 1.190 OPS with six home runs and 24 RBIs. That’s a monster month for the 2020 third-rounder as he finally took the next step in the Red Sox system.
He’s now just a step away from the majors and given the nature of the first-base platoon for the Red Sox, maybe (just maybe) Jordan takes the field at Fenway Park later this year.
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Stronger Password
The Red Sox have had some aggressive promotions in recent years. Sending Jhostynxon “The Password” Garcia to Triple-A after just 63 games in Double-A Portland felt like another stretch given his numbers there.
But Garcia added an exclamation point at Polar Park with productive power, so you could say he strengthened “The Password” in May (get it?).
The Red Sox outfield prospect took flight with four home runs in his first 12 games in Worcester where he slashed .380/.404/.680 for a 1.084 OPS.
Arms To Watch
The Red Sox finally invested in arms the last two drafts, including 14 pitches in 2024, to push efforts toward an improved pitching pipeline. These two lefties really stood out with legitimate strikeout stuff last month.
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Connelly Early (1.80 ERA in May) and Payton Tolle (2.74 ERA) both carved up opposing hitters with real stuff from the left side. The two lefties each posted upward of 14 strikeout-per-nines in Boston’s system, offering a real breath of fresh air with the Red Sox starting to develop at least a few arms internally with nasty stuff.
