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Sox send Chavis to AFL: 'He needs the at-bats'

CHICAGO -- Earlier this week Arizona Fall League rosters were announced, and the Red Sox will send six Minor Leaguers to the Mesa Solar Sox, headlined by top prospect Michael Chavis.

Chavis, the Red Sox's No. 1 prospect and No. 97 prospect in baseball per MLBPipeline, missed a majority of the season due to an 80-game suspension for a positive test for performance-enhancing drugs, but he collected 167 at-bats across three levels this season. The 2014 first-round Draft pick spent most of his time at Double-A Portland and was promoted to Triple-A on Aug.