Red Sox climb a few spots in ESPN's MLB farm system rankings after the trade deadline

The Boston Red Sox have seen a lot of changes to their farm system over the last month, as they've added a number of prospects through the 2024 MLB draft and sent 10 out around the trade deadline.

With these two big events now in the rearview, ESPN's Kiley McDaniel has updated the farm system rankings , and he currently has the Red Sox's system as the 10th-best in baseball (up from No. 13 before the season).

Here's what McDaniel wrote about Boston:

"Ceddanne Rafaela and Wilyer Abreu were notable graduates while Nick Yorke was traded at the deadline and Luis Perales had elbow surgery. (Marcelo) Mayer has always been in the top 30 prospects in the sport since being taken with the No. 4 overall pick in 2021, but this is the first season that he has looked like the guy that scouts were expecting. Now he and Roman Anthony are both in MLB's top 20 prospects while playing in Double-A with 2025 debuts looking likely, giving some hope that the team could be a factor in the AL East while staying under the first CBT threshold.

Braden Montgomery was a great value at the No. 12 overall pick in last month's draft and the Red Sox also have two of the most notable rising position players in the minors: Kristian Campbell and Franklin Arias. The No. 132 pick in last summer's draft, Campbell is now in Double-A outperforming Mayer and Anthony, tapping into plus raw power, showing plus speed and a plus sense of the strike zone."

McDaniel doesn't even mention catcher prospect Kyle Teel (Boston's No. 3 prospect according to SoxPropects ), who will likely debut in 2025 as well.

The Red Sox have looked better this year than many expected, but the future for the organization is even brighter.

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