The Red Sox have promoted catching prospect Stephen Scott from Double-A Portland to Triple-A Worcester, per the club’s minor-league transactions log.
Scott, 26, is currently regarded by SoxProspects.com as the No. 35 prospect in Boston’s farm system. The left-handed hitter batted .248/.369/.448 (124 wRC+) with five doubles, one triple, six home runs, 22 RBIs, 23 runs scored, four stolen bases, 24 walks, and 34 strikeouts in 37 games (149 plate appearances) with the Sea Dogs this season.
Among qualified Eastern League hitters coming into play on Friday, Scott ranks 22nd in on-base percentage, 24th in slugging percentage, 24th in OPS (.817), 20th in isolated power (.200), 23rd in wRC+, and 15th in walk rate (16.1 percent), according to FanGraphs.
Defensively, Scott logged 257 innings at catcher for Portland while splitting time behind the plate with Nathan Hickey and Elih Marrero. In those 257 innings, the 5-foot-11, 205-pound backstop allowed six passed balls and threw out 61 would-be base stealers.
A native of North Carolina, Scott was originally selected by the Red Sox in the 10th round of the 2019 amateur draft out of Vanderbilt. At the time he signed with Boston for just $50,000 that July, Scott was primarily viewed as a first baseman/corner outfielder, but he began catching full-time last year and has not really looked back since.
In Worcester, Scott will join Caleb Hamilton and Ronaldo Hernandez in helping fill the void left behind by veteran catcher Jorge Alfaro, who exercised the opt-out in his minor-league contract with Boston last week and was granted his release from the organization this past Saturday.
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