The Boston Red Sox enacted a major development in their farm system this week when they promoted their top three prospects in Marcelo Mayer, Roman Anthony and Kyle Teel to Worcester.
One week later, they're not done with elevating more in the youth movement.
The Red Sox are reportedly promoting infield prospect Kristian Campbell to Triple-A Worcester, per The Boston Globe's Alex Speier and MassLive's Chris Cotillo.
Campbell completely smashed the ball in Double-A since his promotion in early June, starting with Eastern League Player of the Month. The Red Sox No. 5 prospect slashed .364/.466/.589 (entering Sunday) with eight home runs and a 1.055 OPS in 55 games at Double-A Portland. Now, the 2023 fourth-rounder is just a step away
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The "Big Three" prospects raved about Campbell during their Triple-A introductory press conference and hoped to reunite with him soon. Upon Boston's decision, that reunion only took a week to come together.
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