To start off a new year of delusional prospect hype, here's the top twenty Red Sox prospects as nominated by forum members.
1. Will Middlebrooks, 3B
2. Xander Bogaerts, SS
3. Ryan Lavarnway, C/DH
4. Matt Barnes, SP
5. Anthony Ranaudo, SP
6. Brandon Jacobs, OF
7. Bryce Brentz, OF
8. Blake Swihart, C
9 Garin Cecchini, SS
10. Jose Iglesias, SS
11. Sean Coyle, 2B
12. Alex Wilson, SP
13. Jackie Bradley, Jr OF
14. Felix Doubront, SP/RP
15. Henry Owens, SP*
16. Christian Vazquez, C
17. Stolmy Pimentel, SP**
18. Alex Hassan, OF
19. Drake Britton, SP
20. Kolbrin Vitek, 3B
* Ryan Kalish (15) was omitted because he is not eligible as a rookie and Miles Head (16) was omitted after the Bailey trade.
** Raul Alcantara (19) omitted after the Bailey trade.