Boston Red Sox Prospect Watch: Prospects ready to move in the rankings

Red Sox Triple-A (Worcester)

Worcester is still without Jarren Duran. They did get Jeter Downs back though, so that’s a nice jolt to the offense.

Downs only appeared in two games this week, going 2-for-7. He is now slashing .244/.337/.385 with two doubles and three home runs. Downs has driven in seven runs and scored nine more, while stealing seven bases on eight attempts.

Marcus Wilson has been on absolute fire as of late. The outfielder is 8-for-23 with one double and three home runs in the month of June. He’s already driven in six runs and scored five more. This has risen the right-handed hitter’s average from .254 to .277 on the year. He also has a .382 OBP with five doubles, two triples, and six home runs. Wilson has very solid run production too, driving in 17 runs, scoring 16, and going 5-for-5 on steal attempts.

Johan Mieses got the very deserved promotion to Triple-A this week. He was slashing .286/.368/.714 with 11 home runs and 22 RBI in 23 games in Double-A. It didn’t take long for him to make an impact in Worcester either. In his second game, Mieses blasted his first Triple-A homer of the season. The outfielder is 3-for-14 with that home run and one walk so far. He has 12 long balls on the year between the two leagues combined. A true power hitter.

This was a fantastic week for Josh Ockimey. At first glance, that might seem confusing – as he went just 2-for-9. However, there are a few reasons it was a great week. First of all, those two hits were both MAMMOTH home runs. Second, he walked three times. So while Ockimey has a .222 batting average so far in June, he also has .417 OBP. The first baseman is slashing .164/.288/.403 at the moment with five home runs. His power is starting to show through and that should also help him draw more walks.

Michael Chavis is 6-for-26 so far in the month of June. That’s come with no extra base hits and just one RBI. He has scored five runs and stolen a base, but he’s only walked once – while striking out five times. The only stat that people should be worried about are the walks and the strikeouts. His main issue in the Majors was his inability to lay off pitches outside of the strike zone. Hopefully he corrects that soon because all the tools are there.