The Boston Red Sox will be well represented in Seattle next month as they are sending three players to the All-Star Futures Game.
The Futures Game is a showcase for the top prospects in baseball and is often an introduction of these players to the baseball fanbase at large.
The Sox are sending position players Marcelo Mayer and Nick Yorke, as well as pitcher Shane Drohan.
The full roster is available below:
Mayer is currently the No. 5 prospect in all of baseball and is the No. 1 prospect in the organization. He was drafted in the first round of the 2021 draft out of the California high school ranks.
The following comes from a portion of his prospect profile from MLB.com:
Like fellow Eastlake HS (Chula Vista, Calif.) product and former Red Sox All-Star Adrian Gonzalez, Mayer has a sweet left-handed stroke and advanced hitting ability. Despite a surprisingly high 25 percent strikeout rate in his first two pro seasons, he has displayed the ability to recognize pitches, make good swing decisions and use the entire field. He's adding strength to his 6-foot-3 frame, and his penchant for hard contact should translate into 25 homers per season once he learns to drive the ball in the air more consistently.
Yorke is the No. 3 prospect in the organization and was taken in the 2020 COVID-year draft.
With his sweet right-handed stroke and ability to recognize pitches, he should produce high batting averages, and his hitting ability and developing strength should make him a 20-homer threat. After he got too pull happy and had less success driving the ball in the air in 2022, Boston hopes that his AFL success means that he's back on track -- and that has been the case in Double-A this season.
Drohan, a left-handed pitcher is the organization's No. 28 prospect:
Though he was a high-profile recruit, Drohan worked just 73 2/3 innings in three seasons at Florida State because of control issues and the pandemic. Boston took him with its final pick in the shortened five-round Draft in 2020 and signed him for $600,000, the equivalent of late third-round money. He topped the system in strikeouts (157) and strikeout rate (10.9 per nine innings) while advancing to Double-A in 2022, then showed improved velocity in Spring Training this year.
Drohan's changeup was his third-best pitch in college but now is his top offering in pro ball, as he delivers his low-80s cambio with deceptive arm speed and its late fade keeps hitters off balance.
At the major league level, the Red Sox are 40-39 and will take on the Marlins on Tuesday night at Fenway Park.
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