In 2023, Allan Castro, a Red Sox prospect in the outfield, advances further.
Prospect outfielder Allan Castro of the Red Sox advances another year.
At the end of the 2022 season, assistant general manager Eddie Romero identified Castro as a sleeper prospect.
Castro broke camp this spring with Low-A Salem and started in right field for the Red Sox on Opening Day.
Castro batted.247/ in 69 games with the Carolina League affiliate of Boston.
376/.
Over 306 plate appearances, 378 were made with 20 doubles, two triples, three home runs, 29 RBIs, 39 runs scored, 15 stolen bases, 51 walks, and 54 strikeouts.
Midway through July, the 20-year-old was then promoted to High-A Greenville, where he made his Drive debut the next day.
Castro, a switch-hitter, hit a solid .283 with the eventual South Atlantic League champions.
355/.
446 in 43 games (186 plate appearances), along with 11 doubles, two additional triples, four home runs, 17 runs driven in, 23 runs scored, four stolen bases, 17 walks, and 26 strikeouts.
Furthermore, he made 4-of-13 (. Greenville went on to win its first Sally League title since 2017 last month, slugging a home run in four postseason games (batting.308).
Castro ranked 17th in batting average, 39th in slugging percentage, 31st in slugging percentage, and 27th in OPS out of 137 hitters who made at least 180 trips to the plate during the regular season.
According to FanGraphs, the team ranks 29th in wRC+ (119), eighth in line-drive rate (24.6%), and ninth overall (801.
Castro played all three outfield positions between Salem and Greenville.
The 6-foot-1, 170-pound player specifically played 127 innings in right, 138 innings in center, and 49 innings in left for the Drive. He made a total of three mistakes and contributed one outfield assist.
Castro, a Dominican Republic native, initially agreed to a $100,000 deal with the Red Sox as an international free agent in July 2019.
At the time of his signing, Castro was thought of as a middle infielder, but by the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, two years later, when he made his professional debut in the Dominican Summer League, he had already switched to the outfield.
Castro quickly made progress in the DSL, winning Position Player of the Year honors for Boston’s Latin Program in 2021.
In 2022, he advanced to the Florida Complex League’s rookie level and excelled there before finishing the season in Salem.
Castro had no ranking going into the 2023 season according to sources like Baseball America and MLB Pipeline.
He is now considered the No. 1 by the former.
The latter ranked it as the No. 27.
Boston has 30 prospects in its farm system.
Castro is now ranked 17th on the list at SoxProspects .
com, down from No. the year started with 33.
Castro, whose 21st birthday isn’t until May of next year, could be made available in the Rule 5 Draft this winter if he isn’t added to the Red Sox’ 40-man roster by the protection deadline in November.
Castro is likely to be left unprotected, not picked up by another team, and remain in the organization as an intriguing prospect with room to develop given his lack of experience in the upper-minors.
Castro is anticipated by SoxProspects .
com to return to Greenville in April 2024 for the start of the minor-league season, barring any kind of trade or other move.
