Baseball America is busy right now putting together its top 20 prospects lists by league now that the minor league baseball season is over. They got started last week with the Arizona League, the Gulf Coast League, Appalachian League and Pioneer League.
Since the Boston Red Sox don’t participate in the Arizona, Appy Leagues or Pioneers Leagues, we’ll take a look at where their farmhands land in the GCL Top 20.
The Red Sox had two farmhands ranked in the top 20 as right-handed pitcher Raul Alcantara came in at No. 6 with shortstop Jose Vinicio coming at No. 7.
Alcantara was signed as an international minor league free agent by the Red Sox in 2009 and spent the 2010 season with the Dominican League Red Sox. He spent 2011 with the GCL Red Sox as well as the Lowell Spinners.
In nine starts for the GCL Red Sox, he was 1-1 with a 0.75 ERA (4 ER/48 IP). The 18 year-old made four starts for the Spinners where he was 0-3 with a 6.23 ERA (12 ER/17.1 IP).
Vinicio was signed as an international minor league free agent by the Red Sox in 2009 as well and has spent the past two seasons with the GCL Red Sox. This year in 50 games, he hit .291 with two home runs, 18 RBIs and 19 stolen bases.
The next look at where Red Sox farmhands rank in their respective league comes in the next post when Baseball America looks at the top 20 prospects for the NY/Penn League.
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