Jhostynxon Garcia — who didn’t appear on either Baseball America or MLB Pipeline’s Top 30 Red Sox prospect lists entering this season — leads all Boston minor leaguers with 21 homers.
The 21-year-old prospect has turned himself into a prospect with a breakout season. He’s now ranked No. 18 on Baseball America’s Top 30 organizational list and No. 17 on MLB Pipeline Top 30 organizational list.
SoxProspects.com had Garcia unranked in its Top 60 entering spring training. It jumped him to No. 49 entering the regular season and now has him ranked No. 19.
Sixteen of Garcia’s 21 homers have come since his promotion to High-A Greenville where he has batted .298 with a .362 on-base percentage, .633 slugging percentage and .995 OPS in 207 plate appearances.
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The Twitter account @InsideFastball gave Garcia his nickname The Password because his name is “unique and reminiscent of a password.” It has caught on. The nickname is included on his Baseball-Reference page and the Red Sox Player Development and Greenville Twitter accounts tweet out the nickname when posting videos of his big hits.
“He’s not missed on pitches he can drive,” director of player development Brian Abraham said in June. “And his K rate, his swing and miss rate has decreased as well. Increased walks, decreased strikeouts and increased barrels generally lead to success. And in the short amount of time he’s been in High A, he’s done it.”
Below is a list of 17 Red Sox minor leaguers who have hit 10 or more homers this season. Four of them — Niko Kavadas, Matthew Lugo, Cutter Coffey and Nick Yorke — were traded at the deadline. Kavadas and Lugo were traded with two others to the Angels for reliever Luis Garcia. Yorke was dealt to the Pirates for pitcher Quinn Priester. Coffey was sent to Toronto with two others for right-handed hitting catcher Danny Jansen.
Allan Castro, who MassLive ranked Boston’s No. 16 prospect entering 2024, has 14 homers for High-A Greenville. He hit eight homers in 21 games in July and already has two in three games in August.
Top 100 Baseball America prospects Roman Anthony, Kristian Campbell and Kyle Teel also are among the Red Sox minor league home run leaders. Anthony, who BA ranks No. 18, has 13 homers. Campbell, who BA ranks No. 99, has hit 12. Teel, who BA ranks No. 31, has 10 homers.
Red Sox minor league home run leaders
1. Jhostynxon Garcia 21 homers (5 for Low-A Salem, 16 for High-A Greenville)
2. *Niko Kavadas 17 (Triple-A Worcester)
3. Bryan Gonzalez 17 (Greenville)
4. *Matthew Lugo 16 (11 for Double-A Portland, 5 for Worcester)
5. Allan Castro 14 (Greenville)
5. Bobby Dalbec 14 (Worcester)
5. *Cutter Coffey 14 (Greenville)
8. Roman Anthony 13 (Portland)
9. Kristian Campbell 12 (8 for Greenville, 4 for Portland)
9. Nick Sogard 12 (Worcester)
9. Eddy Alvarez 12 (Worcester)
12. Nathan Hickey 11 (Portland)
13. Mickey Gasper 10 (4 for Portland, 6 Worcester)
13. Mikey Romero 10 (Greenville)
13. Kyle Teel 10 (Portland)
13. *Nick Yorke 10 (4 for Portland, 6 for Worcester)
13. Albert Feliz 10 (Salem)
*Traded during the season
