The Boston Red Sox farm system gets a bad rap for being one of the lowest ranked in baseball but a couple of the organization’s top hitting prospects are turning heads this spring. We’re only a few games into the exhibition schedule but Michael Chavis and Bobby Dalbec are off to scorching starts.
Dalbec caught our attention with the first hit by a Red Sox player this spring, a mammoth home run to center field in the second inning of an eventual victory over Northeastern University. Sure, it came against a college pitcher but the impressive power display served as a reminder of the upside that resides with a prospect who bashed 32 homers in 129 games across two minor league levels last year.