Boston Red Sox minor league players
This is a partial list of players in the Boston Red Sox minor league organization:
Yoan Aybar
Yoan Aybar is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Boston Red Sox organization. Before 2018, he played as an outfielder. Listed at and, he both throws and bats left-handed.Aybar was initially an outfielder in Boston's farm system, primarily playing as a center fielder. In 2014, for the Dominican Summer League Red Sox, he batted.271 with 26 RBIs in 56 games. He played for the Gulf Coast League Red Sox in 2015, batting.268 with 16 RBIs in 45 games. In 2016, he played for the Lowell Spinners, recording three home runs and 19 RBIs with a.207 average in 60 games. Aybar spent 2017 playing for Lowell and the Greenville Drive, appearing in 80 games total while batting.230 with two home runs and 32 RBIs.
In 2018, Aybar converted to pitching. During 2018, with the Gulf Coast League Red Sox and Lowell Spinners, he appeared in 17 games compiling a 4.13 ERA and 2–1 record with 27 strikeouts in innings pitched. In 2019, for the Greenville Drive and Class A-Advanced Salem Red Sox, Aybar had a 4.61 ERA and 1–3 record while striking out 70 batters in innings in 44 relief appearances.
The Red Sox added Aybar to their 40-man roster after the 2019 season. He was optioned to Class A-Advanced Salem on March 8, 2020.
Nick Decker
Nicholas Decker is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Boston Red Sox organization. Listed at and, he both throws and bats left-handed.Decker attended Seneca High School in New Jersey and was committed to play baseball on scholarship at the University of Maryland. He played in the 2017 Perfect Game All American Classic, where he received a lot of exposure with draft scouts. He was drafted by Boston in the second round of the 2018 MLB Draft. Rather than attending Maryland, he chose to sign with the Red Sox for a $1.25 million signing bonus. Decker played briefly with the Gulf Coast League Red Sox during the 2018 season, appearing in two games and going 1-for-4 at the plate. He began the 2019 season in extended spring training, then joined the Class A Short Season Lowell Spinners at the start of their season. With Lowell, he appeared in 53 games, batting.247 with six home runs and 25 RBIs.
Jeter Downs
Jeter D. Downs is a Colombian-American professional baseball shortstop for the Boston Red Sox organization.Downs attended Monsignor Edward Pace High School in Miami Gardens, Florida, and played for the school's baseball team as a shortstop. He committed to attend the University of Miami on a college baseball scholarship.
The Cincinnati Reds selected Downs with the 32nd overall selection of the 2017 Major League Baseball Draft. He signed with the Reds for a $1.825 million signing bonus. After signing, he was assigned to the Billings Mustangs of the Rookie-level Pioneer League, where he spent all of his first professional season, posting a.267 batting average with six home runs and 29 RBIs in 50 games. Downs spent the 2018 season with the Dayton Dragons of the Class A Midwest League where he hit.257 with 13 home runs, 47 RBIs, and 37 stolen bases in 120 games.
On December 21, 2018, the Reds traded Downs to the Los Angeles Dodgers, along with Homer Bailey and Josiah Gray in exchange for Matt Kemp, Yasiel Puig, Alex Wood, Kyle Farmer and cash considerations. He began 2019 with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and was selected to the mid-season California League all-star game and post-season league all-star team. He played in 107 games for Rancho Cucamonga, hitting.269 with 19 homers and 75 RBI. The Dodgers promoted him to the Double-A Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League on August 20, 2019, where he hit.333 in 12 games with five homers and 11 RBI.
On February 10, 2020, Downs was traded to the Boston Red Sox along with Alex Verdugo and Connor Wong in exchange for Mookie Betts, David Price and cash considerations.
Downs is named after Hall of Fame shortstop Derek Jeter.
Downs' brother, Jerry Jr., is also a professional baseball player.
Jarren Duran
Jarren William Duran is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Boston Red Sox organization. Listed at and, he bats left-handed and throws right-handed.Duran attended Cypress High School in Cypress, California, then played three seasons of college baseball at California State University, Long Beach, where he was primarily a second baseman. He played in the Cape Cod Baseball League in the summer of 2017, for the Wareham Gatemen. He was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the seventh round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.
Duran spent his first professional season with the Lowell Spinners and Greenville Drive, batting a combined.357 during 2018. He started the 2019 season with the Class-A Advanced Salem Red Sox, and was promoted to the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs on June 3. In mid-June, Duran was added to the top 100 prospects list of Baseball America, at number 99. Duran was named to the 2019 All-Star Futures Game, going 1-for-2 after entering the game in the sixth inning. In mid-September, Duran was named the High-A player of the year by Baseball America, and was named the Red Sox' minor league baserunner of the year. Overall during 2019 with both Salem and Portland, Duran batted.303 with five home runs and 38 RBIs in 132 games.
Kyle Hart
Kyle Patrick Hart is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Boston Red Sox organization. Listed at and, he both throws and bats left-handed.Hart played college baseball at Indiana University for the Hoosiers baseball team for five seasons, having undergone Tommy John surgery during his junior year. He was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 19th round of the 2016 MLB draft.
In 2017, Hart appeared in games with the Gulf Coast League Red Sox, Greenville Drive, and Salem Red Sox compiling a 6–5 record in 22 games with a 2.15 ERA while striking out 109 batters in 117 innings pitched. He then spent all of the 2018 season with the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs, recording a 3.57 ERA while striking out 100 batters in innings with a 7–9 record in 24 games. In 2019, Hart started the season with Portland, then was promoted to the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox in late May; overall for the season, he had a 12–13 record in 77 games with a 3.52 ERA while striking out 140 batters in 156 innings pitched.
The Red Sox added Hart to their 40-man roster after the 2019 season. He was optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket on March 8, 2020.
Matt Kent
Matthew Allen Kent is an American professional baseball pitcher who plays in the Boston Red Sox Minor League Baseball system. Listed at and, he bats and throws left-handed.The Red Sox selected Kent in the 13th round of the 2015 MLB Draft out of Texas A&M University, where he pitched for the Texas Aggies and improved gradually each season. In 2015, he went 9–1 with a 2.76 earned run average in 98 innings pitched, leading the team in innings and K/BB ratio, while posting the lowest ERA of any A&M pitcher to collect at least 55 innings. Likewise, Kent played three collegiate summers with the Rochester Honkers of the Northwoods League. In the 2015 season, he was named Northwoods League co-pitcher of the year and ranked fourth on the league's top 200 prospects, after going 3–3 with a 2.09 ERA and 69 strikeouts in innings.
Kent uses a three-quarters arm slot and has a repeatable delivery, and even though his fastball is clocked consistently at 84–88 mph, he attacks the strike zone efficiently to produce swing and miss offerings. His fastball is followed by a slider at 78–82 mph, as well as a solid changeup with fade at 76–80 mph.
The left-hander made a promising debut with the Class A Short Season Lowell Spinners in 2015, as he went 7–1 with a 1.86 ERA and one save in 14 long relief appearances, striking out 35 and giving up 10 walks in innings of work.
Kent earned a promotion to Class A Greenville Drive in 2016, where he settled into a starter's role for the rest of the year. As a result, Kent allowed a 1.50 ERA with a 1.08 WHIP in over two starts and 12 innings for Greenville before joining the Class A-Advanced Salem Red Sox a few days later. At Salem, Kent tossed 156 innings, going 10–7 with a 3.69 ERA and striking out 120 against 33 walks. He also produced quality starts in 22 of his 26 assignments, including a complete game and the most innings pitched in the Carolina League. After that, he started the decisive Game 3 for Salem in the Carolina League South Division Championship Series, which was won by the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, 2–1. Kent, who did not factor in the decision, was dominant in scoreless innings for the Sox, scattering four hits while not walking a batter and striking out five. Overall, Kent compiled a record of 10–7 with a 3.54 ERA in 28 starts, striking out 125 batters while walking 37 in 168 innings. Moreover, he led all Red Sox minor league pitchers in starts, innings, and least home runs allowed, while ending fourth in wins, ERA and strikeouts.
Kent spent the 2017 season with Salem, appearing in 28 games while compiling a 7–7 record with 4.23 ERA, 142 strikeouts, and 38 walks in 164 innings pitched. Kent started the 2018 season with the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs. He was sent to the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox for one start in late July, a no decision, and then returned to Portland. Overall during 2018 with both teams, Kent appeared in 28 games while compiling an 11–8 record with a 3.69 ERA.
Kent started the 2019 season with Portland, and spent three stints with Pawtucket. Overall with both teams in 2019, Kent appeared in 28 games, recording 99 strikeouts in innings with a 5.08 ERA and a 6–11 record.
Liu Chih-jung
Liu Chih-jung is a Taiwanese baseball pitcher in the Boston Red Sox organization.Liu played shortstop and pitcher in high school. He participated in the 2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup for Chinese Taipei as a pitcher and position player. Due to a heavy pitching load in high school, Liu's coaches at Chinese Culture University utilized his skills solely as a position player during his first season of collegiate baseball. He returned to the mound in 2019. Liu pitched in the 2019 Asian Baseball Championship, in which he was named the most valuable player, and the Chinese Taipei national baseball team won the gold medal. He was to appear in the 2019 WBSC Premier12, but sat out the tournament due to injuries.
Liu signed with the Boston Red Sox as a pitcher on 23 October 2019, for US$750,000. Liu arrived in the United States for spring training with the Red Sox in February 2020.
Matthew Lugo
Matthew Lugo is a Puerto Rican professional baseball shortstop for the Boston Red Sox organizationThe Boston Red Sox selected Lugo in the second round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft. Born in Manati, PR 2nd round pick for the Redsox Lugo is the nephew of former Major League Baseball player Carlos Beltran. Before getting Drafted Lugo was Committed to the University Of Miami and was the highest-ranked Puerto Rican prospect in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft. After Lugo's junior year in high school he was elected to play in the 2018 Perfect Game All-American Classic. After getting drafted On June 19, 2019 SS Matthew Lugo got assigned to GCL Red Sox where he play 39 games and hit.257/.342/.331 and 1 homerun. In the winter Lugo played in the Puerto Rican winter baseball league Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente for the Atenienses de Manatí.
Bryan Mata
Bryan Eduardo Mata is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher in the Boston Red Sox organization. Listed at and, he bats and throws right-handed.Mata signed with the Boston Red Sox as an international free agent in January 2016 for a $25,000 signing bonus. He made his professional debut that summer for the DSL Red Sox and spent all the whole season there, compiling a 4–4 record, a 2.80 ERA, and a 1.20 WHIP in 14 games started. In 2017, he played for the Class A Greenville Drive where he posted a 5–6 record with a 3.74 ERA in 17 starts.
MLB.com ranked Mata as Boston's fourth best prospect going into the 2018 season. Playing for the Class A-Advanced Salem Red Sox, Mata was the sole Boston prospect selected to the 2018 All-Star Futures Game, where he pitched an inning of scoreless relief, allowing one hit while walking one and striking out one. In 17 starts for Salem, Mata was 6–3 with a 3.50 ERA and a 1.61 WHIP.
Mata started the 2019 season with Salem, and was promoted to the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs in July 1. Overall with both teams during the season, Mata compiled a 7–7 record with 3.43 ERA and 111 strikeouts in 105 innings.
Roniel Raudes
Roniel Antonio Raudes Meza is a Nicaraguan professional baseball pitcher who plays in the Boston Red Sox Minor League Baseball system. Listed at and, he bats and throws right-handed.The Red Sox selected Raudes in the 2014 MLB International Draft, signing him a bonus of $250,000. Raudes throws an fastball with a maximum speed of. According to Red Sox scouts, he should throw harder once he adds some muscle to his skinny frame and physically matures without losing much athleticism. He also has a pair of promising secondary pitches, with his downer curveball at presently ranking ahead of his fading changeup. Raudes has been known to use an unorthodox pitching delivery motion.
Aside from Anderson Espinoza, Raudes had the best season of any Red Sox minor league pitcher in 2015. Only 17 years old, Raudes led the rookie-level Dominican Summer League with a very significant strikeout-to-walk ratio in innings, which he concluded with a 3–0 record in four rookie-level Gulf Coast League starts, while allowing two earned runs for a 0.90 ERA in 20 innings. He was selected to the DSL All-Star Team and also was ranked by Baseball America as the Red Sox' number 24 prospect after the season.
In 2016, Raudes joined the Class A Short Season Greenville Drive, where he posted an 8–2 record with a 3.78 ERA in his first 14 starts and represented his team in the South Atlantic League All-Star Game. His first career highlight came on August 18, when he shut out the Kannapolis Intimidators, 2–0, completing seven innings in the longest start of his professional career, striking out four batters while only allowing four hits and one walk. Overall, Raudes went 11–6 with a 3.65 ERA and 1.19 WHIP in 24 starts, with 104 strikeouts and 23 walks in innings. He finished third in wins in the Red Sox minor league system while posting the sixth-best ERA among starters. At 18, Raudes showed consistency in Greenville as the youngest pitcher in the league, as he had a chance to emerge as a mid-rotation starter as he matures physically and mentally.
Raudes spent 2017 with the Class A-Advanced Salem Red Sox, where he pitched to a 4–7 record and 4.50 ERA in 23 games started. He finished the year rated as the Red Sox' number 12 prospect, according to MLB.com. Raudes also spent the 2018 season with Salem, recording a 2–5 record in 11 games with a 3.67 ERA; he spent approximately four months on the disabled list. Raudes underwent Tommy John surgery in January 2019, and did not pitch during the 2019 season.
Denyi Reyes
Denyi Reyes is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Boston Red Sox organization. Listed at and, he bats and throws right-handed.Reyes signed with the Boston Red Sox as an international free agent in July 2014. He made his professional debut in 2015 with the Dominican Summer League Red Sox, compiling a 7–1 record with 2.88 ERA in 15 games. In 2016, Reyes played for the rookie level Gulf Coast League Red Sox, appearing in nine games with a 4–1 record and 2.34 ERA. With the Class A Short Season Lowell Spinners in 2017, he had a 9–0 record with 1.45 ERA in 15 games. In 2018, Reyes played for both the Class A Greenville Drive and the Class A-Advanced Salem Red Sox; in a total of 27 games, he recorded a 1.97 ERA and a 12–5 record.
The Red Sox added Reyes to their 40-man roster after the 2018 season. He spent the 2019 season with the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs, compiling an 8–12 record in 26 starts with 4.16 ERA and 116 strikeouts in innings. On January 28, 2020, Reyes was designated for assignment by the Red Sox, to make room on the 40-man roster for Mitch Moreland. Reyes was sent outright to the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox on February 3. He was later announced as a non-roster invitee to Red Sox spring training.
Cole Sturgeon
Cole Michael Sturgeon is an American professional baseball outfielder who plays in the Boston Red Sox Minor League system. Listed at and, he bats and throws left-handed.The Red Sox selected Sturgeon out of the University of Louisville in Kentucky, for their 29th pick in the tenth round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft. A two-way player for the Louisville Cardinals, Sturgeon was a two-time All-State selection and two-time Region Player of the Year and four-time Academic All-State. Additionally, he earned honors twice as All A State Tournament Most Outstanding Player during his preparatory career at Owensboro Catholic High School.
Sturgeon hit.325 and slugged.468 in 63 games as a senior at Louisville, including two home runs, 31 RBIs, 18 stolen bases and a.410 OBP. He also posted a 3–0 record and a 2.06 ERA in 24 pitching appearances, striking out 35 batters in 34 innings of work. Previously, he was the leadoff hitter in 50 of 51 games for the Wareham Gatemen and was a key ingredient as the club won the wooden-bat Cape Cod Baseball League title in 2012. Sturgeon batted.307 with six home runs, 19 RBIs, 43 runs scored, 11 doubles and two triples in 50 total games with Wareham, while going 2–0 with a 3.18 ERA and one save in eight relief appearances, including 11 strikeouts in innings. He returned to Wareham in 2013, and was named a league all-star.
Sturgeon debuted professionally with the Short-Season A Lowell Spinners in June 2014, posting a.276/.300/.414 slash line in seven games before being promoted to the Low-A Greenville Drive on July 7. He hit.284 in 48 games for the Drive, ending with a.283 average, 10 doubles, two home runs, 31 runs, and 30 RBIs in the two stints. He showed his versatility by being able to play all three outfield positions, and saw most of his playing time in center field and right field.
Sturgeon opened 2015 with the Class A-Advanced Salem Red Sox, earning a promotion to the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs in the midseason. On July 3, Sturgeon had his first pitching appearance as a professional with three scoreless innings of relief for Portland, earning the win and scoring the winning run, to give the Sea Dogs a 16-inning walk-off victory after five hours and nine minutes of action. With his effort, Sturgeon became the 15th position player in the franchise's 22-year history to also pitch in a game, as well as the third to earn a win while doing so. The steady oufielder hit a.245/.285/.333 line and collected a.974 fielding percentage in 104 games between Salem and Portland, competing at four levels in less than two years.
In 2016, Sturgeon started the season by playing two games with the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox before being assigned to Portland. In 117 games for the Sea Dogs, Sturgeon slashed.267/.312/.370 with 40 RBIs and 36 runs scored. He committed just six errors in 273 chances while playing all outfield positions and posted a.985 fielding percentage overall. Sturgeon spent the 2017 season with Double-A Portland, where he batted.264 with six home runs and 52 RBIs in 118 games played. He opened the 2018 season with Double-A Portland, where he batted.365 with six home runs and 18 RBIs in 31 games. In mid-May, he was promoted to Triple-A Pawtucket, where he appeared in 67 games, batting.214 with three home runs and 20 RBIs.
Sturgeon spent the 2019 season with Triple-A Pawtucket, batting.277 with 10 home runs and 43 RBIs in 97 games.
Thad Ward
Thaddeus J. Ward is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Boston Red Sox organization. Listed at and, he both throws and bats right-handed.Ward attended Bishop Verot High School in Fort Myers, Florida, and played college baseball at the University of Central Florida. He was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the fifth round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.
Ward made his professional debut with the Lowell Spinners during the 2018 season, appearing in 11 games with an 0–3 record and 3.77 ERA with 27 strikeouts in 31 innings. He spent 2019 with the Greenville Drive and Salem Red Sox, pitching to an overall 8–5 record with 2.14 ERA and 157 strikeouts in innings. He was named the Red Sox' minor league pitcher of the year for 2019.
Marcus Wilson
Marcus Wilson is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Boston Red Sox organization. Listed at and, he both throws and bats right-handed.Wilson attended Junípero Serra High School in Gardena, California, where he also played high school football. He was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the second round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft.
Wilson made his professional debut with the Arizona League Diamondbacks in 2014, appearing in 39 games while batting.206 with one home run and 22 RBIs. In 2015, he played for the Missoula Osprey, again recording one home run and 22 RBIs, while batting.258 in 57 games. He then split the 2016 season between the Hillsboro Hops and Kane County Cougars, batting an overall.252 with one home run and 20 RBIs in 69 games. Wilson returned to Kane County for 2017, appearing in 103 games while batting.295 with nine home runs and 54 RBIs. In 2018, he played 111 games for the Visalia Rawhide, recording 10 home runs and 48 RBIs with a.235 average. Wilson began the 2019 season with the Double-A Jackson Generals, appearing in 12 games before being traded.
On April 19, 2019, the Diamondbacks traded Wilson to the Boston Red Sox for Blake Swihart. Wilson started his Red Sox career with the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs, and later spent two months with the Class A-Advanced Salem Red Sox before returning to Portland. Overall with three teams during 2019, Wilson appeared in 119 games while batting.269 with 18 home runs and 58 RBIs. After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League.
The Red Sox added Wilson to their 40-man roster after the 2019 season. He was optioned to Double-A Portland on March 8, 2020.
Tom Windle
Thomas Joseph Windle is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox organization. Listed at and, he bats and throws left-handed.Windle attended Osseo Senior High School in Osseo, Minnesota. After his senior season, Windle was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 28th round of the 2010 MLB draft. He did not sign, and played college baseball at the University of Minnesota for the Gophers from 2011 to 2013. In three years, he appeared in 51 games with 20 starts and had a 2.26 earned run average. In 2012, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and was named a league all-star.
Windle was then drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the second round of the 2013 MLB draft. He signed with the Dodgers and spent 2013 with the Class A Great Lakes Loons, where he was 5–1 with a 2.68 ERA in 13 games. In 2014, he pitched for the Class A-Advanced Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, posting a 12–8 record, 4.26 ERA, and 1.37 ERA in 26 games.
On December 19, 2014, Windle and Zach Eflin were traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Jimmy Rollins. Philadelphia assigned him to the Double-A Reading Fightin Phils and he spent the whole 2015 season there, compiling a 4–5 record and 4.35 ERA in 97.1 innings. He spent 2016 with both the Class A-Advanced Clearwater Threshers, where he went 0–1 with a 4.09 ERA in 14 relief appearances, and Reading, where he pitched to a 1–1 record and 5.68 ERA in 25 appearances out of the bullpen.
Windle spent 2017 back with Reading where he compiled a 3–2 record, 4.24 ERA, and 1.14 WHIP in 36 games. In 2018 with the Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs, he was 9–4 with six saves and a 4.17 ERA, and 52 strikeouts in 54 innings.
In 2019, Windle appeared in 42 games with Lehigh Valley, compiling a 7–2 record with 4.26 ERA, until being released on August 10. He signed with the Boston Red Sox organization on August 26, and was assigned to the Class A Short Season Lowell Spinners. He appeared in two games with Lowell, allowing no runs and striking out two batters in two innings pitched.
Jantzen Witte
Witte, who started playing baseball at three years old, also played tennis from when he was six until his freshman year of high school. As a result, he has been described as possessing an unusual swing that is a byproduct of his tennis background. At the field, he has a solid-average defensive profile and good glove work at both first base and third base.
The Red Sox selected Witte in the 24th round of the 2013 MLB Draft out of Texas Christian University, where he played four seasons for the TCU Horned Frogs baseball squad during 2010–2013. During this period, he was a member of three TCU conference champion teams and a tournament championship title. In 2012, he earned Academic All-Mountain West and second-team All-Conference honors. In 2013, he was named Big 12 co-scholar Athlete of the Year, second-Team All-Big 12, and first-team Academic All-Big 12 as a senior, after starting all 57 of the Horned Frogs' games, hitting.293 with 15 doubles, two triples, three home runs, and 34 RBI.
In his 2013 professional debut season, Witte hit a combined.168 batting average in 33 games for the rookie class GCL Red Sox and the Class A Short Season Lowell Spinners. He improved considerably with the Class A Greenville Drive in 2014, hitting a.330/.418/.554 slash line with a.972 OPS in 65 games, earning a selection to the South Atlantic League All-Star team. He finished the year with the Class A-Advanced Salem Red Sox, where he slashed.296/.340/.451 in 65 games.
In 2015, Witte slashed.283/.363/.414 for the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs in 85 games, and was named to the Eastern League All-Star team. Witte opened 2016 at Portland, where he appeared in 11 games, batting.359 with two home runs and seven RBIs. He was promoted to the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox in April, where he hit.258 with two home runs and 25 RBIs in 100 regular season games.
Witte again played for Pawtucket in 2017, batting.242 with three home runs and 24 RBIs in 80 games played; he missed nearly four weeks starting in late July due to a strained left calf. Witte spent time during 2018 with both Portland and Pawtucket, appearing in a total of 104 games while batting.270 with 12 home runs and 63 RBIs.
Witte started 2019 with Portland, then was assigned to Pawtucket in mid-April. Overall with both teams, he appeared in 118 games while batting.271 with nine home runs and 51 RBIs. After the season, Witte played in the Puerto Rican Winter League. In December 2019, the Red Sox included Witte on a list of non-roster invitees to spring training.
Connor Wong
Connor Sun-Han Wong is an American professional baseball catcher in the Boston Red Sox organization.Wong attended Pearland High School in Pearland, Texas, where he played baseball. In 2014, his senior year, he earned All-State honors as a shortstop. Undrafted in the 2014 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at the University of Houston where he played college baseball.
In 2015, Wong's freshman season at Houston, he started 62 of Houston's 63 games at shortstop, hitting.248 with six home runs and 37 RBIs. That summer, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox. As a sophomore in 2016, he started all 59 games and saw time at catcher, third base, and the outfield; for the season, Wong slashed.304/.415/.435 with five home runs and thirty RBIs, earning All-American Athletic Conference First Team honors. He returned to the Cape Cod League that summer, playing 41 games with the Bourne Braves, hitting.313 with three home runs and earning All-Star honors. In 2017, Wong's junior year at Houston, he began catching full time. For the season, he started all 63 of Houston's games, batting.287/.379/.494 with 12 home runs, 36 RBIs, and 26 stolen bases. After the season, he was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the third round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.
Wong signed with the Dodgers and made his professional debut with the Arizona League Dodgers before being promoted to the Great Lakes Loons after one game; over 28 games, Wong hit.276 with five home runs and 18 RBIs. In 2018, Wong played for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, batting.269/.350/.480 with 19 home runs and sixty RBIs over 102 games. Wong returned to the Quakes to begin 2019, earning California League All-Star honors for the second straight year, before being promoted to the Tulsa Drillers in July. Over 111 games between the two clubs, he slashed.281/.336/.541 with 24 home runs, 82 RBIs, and 11 stolen bases.
On February 10, 2020, Wong was traded to the Boston Red Sox along with Jeter Downs and Alex Verdugo in exchange for Mookie Betts, David Price and cash considerations.
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