Red Sox farm system at No. 5 in Baseball America’s latest rankings

The Red Sox have a lot of intriguing prospects that figure to be a big part of Boston’s future. And Baseball America ranked them near the top of their farm system rankings.

BA has the Red Sox’s farm system at No. 5. Behind them are the Pittsburgh Pirates (No. 4), Los Angeles Dodgers (No. 3), Milwaukee Brewers (No. 2) and Baltimore Orioles (No. 1).

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“With a lack of recent success by the major league club, Boston has found itself at the top of the draft more frequently than Red Sox fans would like. It has, however, yielded considerable fruit in recent years as Marcelo Mayer, Roman Anthony and Kyle Teel each represent a Top 100 prospect taken by the Red Sox in each of the past three drafts,” Baseball America wrote. “The depth of the Red Sox system is strong, as the emergence of several pitching prospects — most notably Luis Perales, Wikelman Gonzalez and Yordanny Monegro — has changed the look of the system in just a few short months.

“The Red Sox are stocked with up-the-middle talent, as all of their top 10 positional prospects play in the middle infield, center field or catcher. This current cache of prospect depth is likely Chaim Bloom’s greatest achievement during his time in Boston.”

Marcelo Mayer (15), Roman Anthony (19), Miguel Bleis (80) and Kyle Teel (93) all are on BA’s top 100 prospects lists, with Teel making his debut in their latest rankings. Teel, taken in the first round of the 2023 MLB Draft by the Red Sox, recently earned a promotion to High-A Greenville, while Anthony continues to show off his power in Greenville.

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The Red Sox have struggled at times this season and are fighting for an American League wild-card playoff spot. Going into Thursday’s game agains the Washington Nationals, the team is 3 ½ back of the final spot.

But the future looks bright in Boston with a slew of intriguing prospects in the farm system.