The Boston Crimson Sox “Large Three” prospects is probably not stepping foot in Fenway Park as rapidly as anticipated.
Crimson Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow believes you will need to not rush the event of Marcelo Mayer, Roman Anthony and Kyle Teel. Whereas the trio’s stats have popped in Double-A with the Portland Sea Canines, Breslow thinks there may be extra to improvement than simply stats.
“I believe the query is absolutely the place is the most effective improvement atmosphere for them,” Breslow stated on MassLive’s “Fenway Rundown” podcast. “Every of these guys has very particular improvement objectives that they’re working via and for proper now Portland is the most effective place for them. That very nicely might change.”
Teel has moved up Boston’s farm system rapidly, shifting from rookie ball to Double-A in underneath a 12 months. By 63 video games within the 2024 season, the catcher is batting .301 with 49 RBIs and eight house runs.
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Breslow believes that Teel nonetheless is studying the day-to-day of changing into knowledgeable baseball participant and the Sea Canines are serving to with that adjustment.
One other prospect that has jumped out is Mayer who was drafted within the first-round at No. 4 in 2021. The 21-year-old has had a bounce in his improvement offensively this season, going from a .236 batting common to .306. He’s additionally main the Japanese League in common, doubles and runs.
Whereas he has proven improvement, the Crimson Sox imagine there may be extra to “seize” whereas he stays in Portland.
For Anthony, he acquired a call-up to Double-A within the closing 10 video games of the 2023 MiLB season. In 2024, he’s batting .242 with 10 homers and 27 RBIs. The 19-year-old is ranked at No. 17 within the 2024 Prime Prospects Record.
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“We really feel that Portland is the most effective place for them proper now,” Breslow stated. “The second that adjustments it could be irresponsible to disregard. I believe that’s the lens to which we’re taking a look at this. I do know that quite a lot of the floor line numbers are actually spectacular at first look that deserves saying ‘Hey, why don’t we transfer these guys up,’ however I believe in right now’s participant improvement division, there’s extra to it than what number of house runs have they got, what’s their batting common.”
The highest prospects have taken the identical stance as Breslow and have made certain to not try to rush their improvement. Regardless of being tagged because the “Large Three,” they haven’t paid a lot thoughts to what exterior noise has stated about them.
