Handing out the 2022 Boston Red Sox Prospect Awards
It’s awards season! We decided to get in on the fun and hand out some awards for the Boston Red Sox prospects.
There are quite a few different categories, and as always there are a few rules. Just like with my top-30 lists, anyone that gets to the Majors is immediately disqualified. I don’t care if they had one plate appearance, threw one pitch, or even just came in as a pinch-runner or defensive replacement. Once they hit the field in a Major League game, they’re out.
Players are allowed to win multiple awards though. You’re not going to get penalized for doing multiple things well.
Finally, this is the first official year for the awards. So bare with me if things get a little murky at times. We’re still working everything out. There will be some more specific rules for certain awards, but we’ll cross that bridge when we cross that bridge (a legendary quote from a friend of mine).
All that being said, this was the perfect year to start handing out awards. The Red Sox system was filled-to-the-brim with talent. Up-and-down the minor leagues, you saw exciting players, giving you various skill sets.
Because of that, we had a lot of candidates for some of these awards. That’s awesome. It makes things a little bit more fun. But it also means that we have quite a few honorable mentions for some of the categories. Suck it up though, they deserve recognition as well, so that’s what we’re giving them.
Remember, we’re all about positivity over here. Prospects are young players, working with other young players. None of them are perfect, they are all trying to get to that next level. So pointing out an issue they have on the field is fine. But trashing them and claiming you know they’ll never be good because a 19-year-old can’t hit a 90-MPH slider or has some command issues or whatever you’re going to complain about isn’t doing anyone good.
Deal with the positivity, because that’s what you’re getting. Let me hop off this soapbox and dive into the awards now, we have a lot to go through.