The Boston Red Sox had their first wave of promotions on Memorial Day. It all started with a tweet from Ari Alexander, announcing that the team promoted shortstop prospect Louis Andujar from the FCL to the Single-A Salem RidgeYaks.
Andujar is an exciting prospect who has come into his own in 2026, exhibiting exhilarating power potential. It’s going to be amazing getting to finally watch him actually play baseball and form a true opinion on him based on more than just box score watching and seeing an odd highlight here or there.
However, he is not the name most fans will recognize from the day’s news. Following the promotion of Andujar, two more names were moved up. Outfielder Enddy Azocar and catcher Luke Heyman were both promoted from Single-A to High-A.
They will be joining an absolutely stacked Greenville Drive roster that already includes the likes of Justin Gonzales, Henry Godbout, Yoeilin Cespedes, Mason White, Jack Winnay, Isaiah Jackson, Yophery Rodriguez, and more.
Red Sox promote surging prospects Enddy Azocar and Luke Heyman to High-A Greenville
Per source: The Boston Red Sox are promoting outfield prospect Enddy Azocar and catching prospect Luke Heyman to High-A.
— Hunter Noll (@Hunter_Noll) May 25, 2026
Azocar is a 19-year-old slashing .295/.344/.530 with 15 doubles, three triples, and six home runs this season. The right-handed hitter has driven in 26 runs, scored 31, and stolen seven bases. He has only walked 6.7% of the time, but his 22.2% K rate isn’t terrible.
Azocar makes great zone contact, pulls the ball in the air, and has been driving the ball all year. He’s a plus defender in the outfield with a solid arm and fantastic speed. There are no serious holes in his game, even if there’s no legitimate elite carrying tool. It’s easy to envision him becoming a top prospect in the sport.
Heyman was brought over via trade this offseason. The 22-year-old is slashing .218/.383/.420 with six doubles and six home runs. He’s driven in 21 runs and scored 19. The right-handed hitter has a 23.4% strikeout rate and a phenomenal 20.1% BB rate.
Heyman is hitting the ball in the air 45.7% of the time and pulling the ball 55.3% of the time. Those are the types of numbers that you would have to imagine would play well at Fenway Park in the future.
It was interesting to see him start the year in Single-A. At the start of the year, I said that if he was starting in High-A, it felt like that meant the organization would want him to just be a first baseman and focus on his bat. However, if he started the year in Single-A, they would want him to work on his defense at catcher and try to have him stick at the position. It appears they feel there’s enough talent to make it work, and he’s looked more than fine behind the plate to justify the attempt.
Although they will be going up against harder competition, both hitters should benefit from getting out of Salem’s pitcher-friendly ballpark. Strikeouts might rise, but expect to see a boost in power numbers. Heyman could be going Apartment Hunting™ at least once by the end of the week.
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