Jul 2, 2014; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Red Sox center fielder
Mookie Betts(50) rounds the bases after hitting a two run home run against the Chicago Cubs in the fifth inning at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports
As we approach the All-Star Break, there is a lot of focus on the big league teams and the star players around baseball. However, since the Red Sox are terrible this year, let’s look at the prospects.
While the 2014 season hasn’t been quite as good as the 2013 or 2012 seasons in terms of prospects (primarily due to the graduation of top prospects Xander Bogaerts and Jackie Bradley Jr.), there have certainly been some success stories throughout the system. With that in mind, let’s look at the All-Star team of Red Sox prospects: the starting lineup, the rotation, and even the bullpen of the less-popular levels of the Red Sox organization.
Lineup:
- Manuel Margot CF (.265/.336/.412, 13 doubles, 3 triples, 7 home runs, 29 stolen bases in Single-A Greenville)
- Deven Marrero SS (.300/.376/.438, 21 doubles, 2 triples, 5 home runs, 13 stolen bases in Double-A Portland and Triple-A Pawtucket)
- Mookie Betts RF (.345/.437/.520, 21 doubles, 4 triples, 8 home runs, 29 stolen bases in Double-A Portland and Triple-A Pawtucket)
- Blake Swihart C (.294/.347/.474, 16 doubles, 3 triples, 9 home runs, 4 stolen bases in Double-A Portland)
- Rafael Devers 3B (.366/.467/.589, 8 doubles, 4 triples, 3 home runs, 4 stolen bases in Dominican Summer League and Gulf Coast League)
- Sean Coyle 2B (.348/.424/.603, 17 doubles, 1 triple, 11 home runs, 12 stolen bases in Double-A Portland)
- Travis Shaw 1B (.287/.360/.502, 16 doubles, 2 triples, 17 home runs, 6 stolen bases in Double-A Portland and Triple-A Pawtucket)
- Henry Ramos LF (.326/.368/.431, 9 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs, 2 stolen bases in Double-A Portland)
- Garin Cecchini DH (.252/.328/.326, 9 doubles, 1 triple, 3 home runs, 10 stolen bases in Triple-A Pawtucket)
Bench:
- Michael Chavis SS/3B/2B/OF (.580/.663/1.197, 9 doubles, 1 triple, 13 home runs, 21 stolen bases in High School)
- Wendell Rijo 2B/SS (.271/.355/.410, 17 doubles, 3 triples, 4 home runs, 7 stolen bases in Single-A Greenville)
- Sam Travis 1B (.282/.311/.380, 1 double, 2 home runs, 2 stolen bases in Low-A Lowell)
- Christian Vazquez C (.297/.336/.385, 17 doubles, 3 home runs in Triple-A Pawtucket)
Rotation:
- Henry Owens (12-3, 2.21 ERA, 111:40 K:BB, 105.2 innings pitched in Double-A Portland)
- Allen Webster (4-4, 2.84 ERA, 93:42 K:BB, 111.0 innings pitched in Triple-A Pawtucket)
- Anthony Ranaudo (9-4, 2.66 ERA, 87:43 K:BB, 101.2 innings pitched in Triple-A Pawtucket)
- Brian Johnson (10-3, 2.99 ERA, 88:26 K:BB, 90.1 innings pitched in High-A Salem and Double-A Portland)
- Matt Barnes (4-6, 4.63 ERA, 53:27 K:BB, 70.0 innings pitched in Triple-A Pawtucket)
Bullpen:
- Trey Ball (1-7, 6.08 ERA, 40:19 K:BB, 53.1 innings pitched in Single-A Greenville)
- Luis Diaz (9-4, 2.95 ERA, 65:23 K:BB, 94.2 innings pitched in High-A Salem and Double-A Portland)
- Joe Gunkel (4-2, 3.01 ERA, 76:16 K:BB, 71.2 innings pitched for Single-A Greenville and High-A Salem)
- Michael Kopech (3-0, 0.44 ERA, 129:18 K:BB, 64.0 innings pitched in High School)
- Simon Mercedes (2-5, 3.93, 45:23 K:BB, 50.1 innings pitched in Low-A Lowell and High-A Salem)
- Noe Ramirez (1-0, 1.67 ERA, 38:10 K:BB, 43.0 innings pitched in Double-A Portland)
- Teddy Stankiewicz (6-6, 4.34 ERA, 59:22 K:BB, 85.0 innings pitched for Single-A Greenville)