The Red Sox Big Three prospects have yet to live up to the hype.
BOSTON — The Red Sox are confident Marcelo Meyer, Roman Anthony and Kyle Thiel will lead them into the future, and that much has become clear in recent months. Red Sox baseball manager Craig Breslow views the big three as the next first basemen to call Fenway Park home and has said as much since he was hired to replace Chaim Bloom. He called this group “the next wave” and made them virtually untouchable in trade negotiations. So Boston struggled to find a starting pitcher, refusing to use three highly regarded prospects.
That’s a lot of support. But Mayer, Anthony and Thiel wanted more. As they grow together in their younger years, they realize that nothing means anything until they create what they are capable of. I like Roman, Thiel, they’re great players and they love to play,” Marcelo Mayer told NESN.com last month. “They play hard. We all answer to each other and I’m excited to see what our team can do this year. … It’s definitely interesting. It was a shame and in the end there was nothing I could do.
We are joining the new development camp to get better and we know that to make that a reality we have to work hard, work together and strive to be better every day.
Boston is expected to keep Teel, Meyer and Anthony together as long as possible, with the trio participating in the middle of the Seadogs defense next season in Double-A Portland. Here’s how they quickly built chemistry together last season.
