Baseball America correspondent Alex Speier is hosting a chat at 2 p.m. ET<\/a> to discuss Tolle and the overall state of Boston\u2019s farm system.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t See the 10 best prospects in the Red Sox system, including brand new scouting reports for every player.<\/p>\n More Prospect Coverage<\/p>\n Below, you can find our projected Red Sox lineup for 2029, as well as a rundown of prospects with the best scouting tools in the system.<\/p>\n Projected 2029 Red Sox Lineup<\/p>\n Catcher: Carlos Narv\u00e1ez<\/a> (30) No. 1 Starter: Garrett Crochet<\/a> (30) Listed below are the prospects with the best tools within the organization. To go directly to Boston\u2019s Top 10, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Red Sox Best Tools<\/p>\n Best Hitter: Franklin Arias<\/a>
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First Base: Justin Gonzales<\/a> (22)
Second Base: Marcelo Mayer<\/a> (26)
Third Base: Dorian Soto<\/a> (21)
Shortstop: Franklin Arias<\/a> (23)
Left Field: Roman Anthony<\/a> (25)
Center Field: Ceddanne Rafaela<\/a> (28)
Right Field: Wilyer Abreu<\/a> (30)
Designated Hitter: Kristian Campbell<\/a> (27)<\/p>\n
No. 2 Starter: Payton Tolle<\/a> (26)
No. 3 Starter: Kyson Witherspoon<\/a> (24)
No. 4 Starter: Brayan Bello<\/a> (30)
No. 5 Starter: Connelly Early<\/a> (27)
Closer: Luis Perales<\/a> (26)<\/p>\n
Best Power Hitter: Jhostynxon Garcia<\/a>
Best Strike-Zone Discipline: Justin Gonzales<\/a>
Fastest Baserunner: Miguel Bleis<\/a>
Best Athlete: Nelly Taylor<\/a>
Best Fastball: Payton Tolle<\/a>
Best Curveball: Connelly Early<\/a>
Best Slider: Brandon Clarke<\/a>
Best Changeup: Connelly Early<\/a>
Best Control: Juan Valera<\/a>
Best Defensive Catcher: Franklin Primera<\/a>
Best Defensive Infielder: Marvin Alcantara<\/a>
Best Infield Arm: Ahbram Liendo<\/a>
Best Defensive Outfielder: Nelly Taylor<\/a>
Best Outfield Arm: Justin Gonzales<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"]]> Today, we\u2019re unveiling the 10 best prospects in the Red Sox system entering 2026. The top of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-310995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}