Dean Roussel

1 week ago | overthemonster.com | Dean Roussel

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Watching this Red Sox offense and this bullpen has made me want to take up another hobby. As watching minor league box scores counts as a hobby, it at least pleases me to see Roman Anthony hit another home run before that happiness was replaced with anger with the Red Sox not giving good pitching performances any run support, while the bullpen blowing saves on a nightly basis. Let’s get into the minor league action.

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Dean Roussel

Watching this Red Sox offense and this bullpen has made me want to take up another hobby. As watching minor league box scores counts as a hobby, it at least pleases me to see Roman Anthony hit another home run before that happiness was replaced with anger with the Red Sox not giving good pitching performances any run support, while the bullpen blowing saves on a nightly basis. Let’s get into the minor league action.

1 week ago | overthemonster.com | Dean Roussel

Photo by Mike Christy/Getty Images He’s Ryan Noda. He’s the newest Red Sox in town after Boston sent the Angels everyone’s favorite name: Cash Considerations. Noda, who turned 29 in March, grew up in northern Illinois, was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 15th round of the 2017 MLB Draft, and shot up prospect boards but stalled a bit in the Dodgers’ farm system after being the “player to be named later” in a Ross Stripling deal.

1 week ago | overthemonster.com | Dean Roussel

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images A meme like that Paul Rudd “look at us. Who would’ve thought? Not me.” except it’s just Roman Anthony, the number one prospect in baseball, talking to himself down in Worcester. It is curious, indeed, that Anthony remains in Triple-A following the promotion of his counterpart, Marcelo Mayer, and the great performance of his other minor league running mate, Kristian Campbell, but it’s a matter of time.

2 weeks ago | overthemonster.com | Dean Roussel

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images He’s Marcelo Mayer, and he’s currently the number six prospect in baseball. For those who have been in a coma since the 2021 MLB Draft, he was the odds-on favorite to go number one overall in that draft out of Westlake High School in Chula Vista, California, but he slipped to the Red Sox at number four.