Even with Roman Anthony and Kristian Campbell losing their prospect status, Baseball America still has the Red Sox farm system ranked highly on its midseason talent rankings.
Boston’s pipeline came in at No. 5 in baseball according to Baseball America, bolstered by Marcelo Mayer still meeting the prospect criteria and coming in at No. 10 on the overall Top 100 prospects list.
In total, the Red Sox had five players ranked in the Top 100: Mayer, pitchers Payton Tolle (41) and Kyson Witherspoon (65), shortstop Franklin Arias (51), and outfielder Jhostynxon Garcia (79).
Boston has long been touted as one of the best farm systems in baseball, and was ranked No.