The Boston Red Sox Double-A affiliate the Portland Sea Dogs currently are 43-36 and house the Red Sox top three prospects in shortstop Marcelo Mayer who is ranked eighth-ranked prospect overall, outfielder Roman Anthony who ranks as the 15th overall prospect by ITD, and catcher Kyle Teel who is ranked the 28th overall prospect by ITD. The Sea Dogs play in the Eastern League which just kicked off their second half of the season and are 7-3 in the second half. So with those three top prospects in Double-A they are tearing it up and have contributed to the success of the Sea Dogs, so is it time for them to move up to the final level of the minor leagues and get a look for the Worcester Red Sox?
SS – Marcelo Mayer
Mayer at the age of 21 has played in 69 games with a slash line of .306/.372/.476 with a .848 OPS; he has 25 doubles, seven home runs, 36 RBI, 55 runs scored, 28 walks, and 13 stolen bases. He leads the Eastern League in batting average, doubles, runs scored, and is sixth in OPS, and 21st in RBI. In his tenure in the Red Sox organization, he’s played in 264 games hitting .273 with a .826 OPS; he has 78 doubles, five triples, 36 home runs, 160 RBI, 184 runs scored, 143 walks, and 46 stolen bases.
OF – Roman Anthony
Anthony is in his age 20 season having played in 64 games with a slash line of .242/.354/.449 with a .803 OPS; he has 15 doubles, two triples ten home runs, 27 RBI, 38 runs scored, 39 walks, and seven stolen bases. He is 11th in OPS, 14th in doubles, 12th in home runs, 21st in runs scored, and fourth in walks. In his time in the Red Sox system he’s played in 190 games hitting .265 with a .834 OPS; he has 46 doubles, six triples, 24 home runs, 103 RBI, 123 runs scored, 134 walks, and 24 stolen bases.
C – Kyle Teel
Teel this season is in his age 22 season playing in 63 games he has a slash line of .301/.389/.463 with a .852 OPS; he has 16 doubles, eight home runs, 49 RBI, 52 runs scored, 33 walks, and five stolen bases. He is third in batting average, fifth in OPS, eighth in doubles, 24th in home runs, third in RBI, second in runs scored and 12th in walks in the Eastern League. Since being drafted by the Red Sox he’s played in 89 games hitting .318 with a .888 OPS; he has 22 doubles, ten home runs, 71 RBI, 67 runs scored, 54 walks, and eight stolen bases.
Wrap Up:
If this is the future for the Red Sox which we all expect, with their success in Portland it may be time for them to get the call and see how they do in Triple-A Worcester. Especially, Mayer and Teel who will represent the Red Sox at the 2024 Futures Game, that’ll be their biggest test and maybe the thing that tells the Red Sox organization to give them the bump, then we are only a step away from big league debuts for what Boston fans are waiting for.
