With the New Year past and spring training barreling towards us, prospect season around the interwebs is about to explode. It’s been going on some fronts since the start of the offseason, as Baseball America released their Red Sox top prospect list a while ago. Now, however, we’ll be hearing more about these lists as more team lists will be released as will the league-wide lists start to appear on various platforms.
Boston’s farm system, as we all know, is among the worst in baseball, at least in terms of top-end talent. Dave Dombrowski is doing what he can to rebuild the system, but for an organization in win-now mode like the Red Sox, losing value on the farm is just part of the deal.