I am doing a series where I offer up three fantasy baseball questions for every MLB team. I look at under-the-radar stats, playing time projections, projected roles, and off-season news to try and highlight the issues facing you in your 2025 fantasy baseball drafts. We’ll do this thing in divisional order, and this time around I’ll consider three questions for the 2025 Boston Red Sox.
3 Fantasy Baseball Questions for the 2025 Boston Red Sox
Is Kristian Campbell the Starting Second Baseman?
After a rapid accent through the Boston Red Sox system last season, what can we expect from Kristian Campbell in 2025. With the addition of Alex Bregman, Boston suddenly has a crowded infield.
Before 2024, Campbell wasn’t on the prospect radar to this degree, but that quickly changed. All Campbell did was hit .330 with 20 home runs and 94 runs scored while driving in 77. It’s not like Campbell was a non-factor before, but he truly took the next step forward.
No matter what, there will be an adjustment period, but the performance base is there for Campbell. If Rafael Devers plays third base, second base then goes to Bregman which takes a spot away from Campbell. At least at the beginning of the season, Devers will be left to DH, which means there’s a good chance Campbell is in the everyday lineup.
Once Campbell gets regular playing time, it’s then an issue of he forces Boston to keep him in the lineup.
How Much of Roman Anthony Will We See?
Despite the work he has been getting to begin Spring Training, Roman Anthony will likely begin the season in Triple-A. How long that lasts is a different story though.
Anthony had a strong minor league season in 2024 with 18 home runs, 65 RBI, and a .291 average. Both the talent and the strides the outfielder has made are quite evident. In fact, the latter is attributable to an overall organizational shift and thought process that is now prevalent for the Red Sox.
At least early in Spring Training, Boston is giving Anthony every chance to show what he can do. In his 35 games at Triple-A last year, Anthony certainly showed he doesn’t have much left to prove. He had identical walk and strikeout rates (18.9%) while hitting .344 with three home runs and 20 RBI. While he’s bound to run into some resistance when he adjusts to major league pitching, the plate approach and framework for success is there.
Can Liam Hendriks Return to Elite Status?
I will say, that at least from a human standpoint, everyone is rooting for that to be the case. Liam Hendriks hasn’t been healthy, both from a baseball and non baseball perspective since he saved 38 and 37 games in 2021 and 2022.
The elite stuff, and strikeout ability is there, and Hendriks has proven he can succeed in the ninth inning. So far this spring, all systems are a go, and Boston is seemingly going to give him every opportunity to lock down the ninth inning. He is 36 years old, so how his arm and body responds over a full season remains to be seen, but depending on the draft day price, there could be some upside here.
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