While we are all excited about the end of the lockout and the return of major-league action to spring training and the hot stove, we are still in what is traditionally prospect season. The latest site to unveil their list of top Red Sox prospects is FanGraphs, who always has extensive lists for every team. Their list for Boston this season is particularly interesting, which we’ll get to in a second.
Before that, a bit of an explanation is in order for how FanGraphs compiles their lists. Instead of just doing a top 10 or top 20, or any standard length for each team, they rate players in terms of their Future Value on the 20-80 scouting scale and rank all of the players whose future vales rate as 35+ or above.