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The Red Sox have SIX position players ranked in @MLBPipeline’s Top 100 prospects 😳 pic.twitter.com/mwrxEAXBA5

— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) November 9, 2024

Assuming John Henry and the gang actually want to spend, the Red Sox have a nice—but stressful—issue on their hands: which of these five prospects should be used to improve in the now via trade?

The prospects I ultimately land on as non-negotiables are OF Roman Anthony and C Kyle Teel. The others—whether it be IF/OF Kristian Campbell, OF Braden Montgomery, or SS Marcelo Mayer—should be willing trade pieces for next season’s aspirations.

You build and market a franchise better with a potentially standout catcher like Teel or a flashy outfielder like Anthony, and you can get away without young infielder prospects, assuming you still have a Devers and/or Casas headlining that group anyway.

Anthony and Teel are the ones you should be most excited about—and it’s awfully ironic that Bloom is responsible for half of this franchise’s excitement for next season…