Hot Week & The Top 100: Red Sox Prospects Lead The Way

Week 18 of action across Minor League Baseball featured standout performances at the plate across all levels, from Low-A through Triple-A. But what really stood out about this week was that two players from the red-hot Red Sox organization had the top two offensive performances for the week among all of minor league baseball.  

Second baseman Kristian Campbell of the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox and Kleyver Salazar, catcher for the Red Sox’s High-A affiliate Salem RidgeYaks, were the minor league offensive leaders of the week, flashing practically identical lines during this last series of games, at two different levels. They were joined by first baseman Jack Gurevitch of the Peoria Chiefs (High-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals); Shortstop, Wilder Dalis of the Fresno Grizzlies (Single-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies); and first baseman Blake Burke of the Biloxi Shuckers (Double-A, Milwaukee Brewers) as the one Double-A player in this week’s rankings.

As mentioned, Campbell and Salazar come from the Boston Red Sox organization, which at the top of the Major Leagues has had a very successful recent streak of baseball after a rough first half. The Red Sox are now 54-40, going 9-1 in their last 10 games; they are 22-4 since late June, and the 15-game winning streak they held earlier this month tied the franchise record from 1946. With two players in this week’s offensive rankings from the minor league, it’s a cushion for the Sox to know that down below on the farm, they have players ready to take their next steps when their names get called.

Kristian Campbell, 2B – Worcester Red Sox (Triple-A, Boston Red Sox)

Campbell was drafted by the Red Sox in the fourth compensation round (Pick No. 132) of the 2023 MLB draft out of Georgia Tech. The 24-year-old found himself quickly working his way through the minor leagues, but so far Triple-A has been the biggest adjustment for him as he’s played the entirety of 2025 and 2026 in Worcester after making his way there in 2024, where he appeared in 19 games that year.

This past week against the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (Miami Marlins), he was 8-for-13, slashing .615/.722/1.231, with an OPS of 1.953. He hit two doubles and two home runs, driving in six RBIs and six runs scored. He walked four times, reaching base in 12 of 18 plate appearances over the course of the five games he appeared in this week.

Over the course of the season so far, Campbell is hitting a combined .239/.373/.336, with a .709 OPS and a .349 BABIP and 18 extra-base hits. He has 14 doubles and four home runs, with 31 RBIs and 31 runs scored. He has walked 54 times on the year and stolen four bases.

July has been his best month thus far, hitting .364/.509, with a .591 SLG on the year. He has four doubles and two home runs, with nine RBIs and 12 runs scored. He has walked 11 times this year and stolen two bases. 

Kleyver Salazar, C – Salem RidgeYaks (Single-A, Boston Red Sox)

Salazar is the second Red Sox prospect to put himself in the top five of hitters from throughout the league for the week. Similar to his fellow Red Sox prospect, Campbell, Salazar was 8-for-13 on the week, hitting .615/.722/1.231, with a 1.953 OPS. He had two doubles and two home runs as well, driving in one more RBI than Campbell with seven RBIs, and he had three runs scored in the RidgeYaks’ series against the Augusta Green Jackets (Atlanta Braves). He walked five times, reaching 13 times in a total of 18 plate appearances.

Salazar has also been with Boston’s organization since 2023, but he was signed to a minor league contract out of Venezuela. After two years playing rookie-level ball, the young 20-year-old catcher has played the last two seasons at Salem. 
Over the course of this season so far, he is hitting a combined .280/.388/.457, with a .845 OPS and a .309 BABIP with 25 extra-base hits. Over the course of 69 games, he has 16 doubles and nine home runs, with 46 RBIs and 39 runs scored.

With the numbers he’s putting up this year so far, he’s showing signs of being ready to take his talents to the next level when the Red Sox call his name to move up.

Jack Gurevitch, 1B – Peoria Chiefs (High-A, St. Louis Cardinals)

22-year-old Gurevitch was a third-round draft pick (Pick No. 89 overall) in the 2025 MLB draft by the Cardinals out of San Diego. Just over a year later, he finds himself already playing with the High-A affiliate of the Cardinals, the Peoria Chiefs. He played the 2025 season in Jupiter with the Palm Beach Cardinals and now finds himself cruising through High-A as well.

This past week in Peoria’s series against the West Michigan Whitecaps (Detroit Tigers), he was 10-for-20, hitting .500/.565/.1.350, with a 1.915 OPS. He had two doubles, which seems to be the trend for the week, with a massive five home runs, driving in eight RBIs, and six runs scored. He walked twice this week and had one stolen base in a great week for the first baseman out of Santa Monica, California.

July 21, the series opener between Peoria and West Michigan, was the best game of the series for Gurevitch. He earned himself a hat trick in home runs with three home runs through four at-bats. He drove in five RBIs on the day and had three runs scored on a 4-for-4 day in which he also hit a double.

Over the course of the season as a whole, Gurevitch is batting a combined .297/.384/.547, with a .931 OPS. He has a total of 20 doubles, one triple, and 20 home runs, with 62 RBIs and 54 runs scored through just 82 games. He has walked 40 times and stolen seven bases. All of his stats for this year are already season-bests. Should the Cardinals call his name to head to Double-A, he would be ready based on his stats from this year.

Wilder Dalis, SS – Fresno Grizzlies (Single-A, Colorado Rockies)

Dalis, just 19 years young, has had a special start to his career, doing what not many do. He was signed by the Rockies to a minor league contract at just the young age of 16 back in 2023. Now 19 years old, he finds himself playing with Single-A Fresno. He has split both of the last two years between the Rookie ACL league and Fresno.

This week in Fresno’s series against the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (Los Angeles Angels), he was 12-for-23, hitting .522/.607/1.174, with a 1.781 OPS. He had three doubles and four home runs, with 12 RBIs, and nine runs scored. He walked five times, reaching in 17 of 28 plate appearances, and stole four bases as well.

Over the course of the year so far with Fresno, the 19-year-old is batting a combined .300/.402/.552, with a .954 OPS and a .377 BABIP, with 30 extra-base hits in Fresno. He has a total of 18 doubles, one triple, and 11 home runs, with 34 walks, 19 stolen bases, and 48 runs scored.

So far this year, this is Dalis’ best performance at the plate in Single-A. If he can continue to progress the way he is right now, he too could find himself at High-A soon.

Blake Burke, 1B – Biloxi Shuckers (Double-A, Milwaukee Brewers)

Burke was drafted just two years ago in the competitive balance round A of the 2024 MLB draft (Pick No. 34 overall) by Milwaukee out of the University of Tennessee, and he has made his way to Double-A in just those two years.

This week Biloxi took on the Chattanooga Lookouts (Cincinnati Reds) on the road in Burke’s home state of Tennessee, making it even more meaningful for him to have had one of his best minor league performances this week in front of his hometown. Burke was 9-for-21, hitting .429/.552/1.190, with a 1.742 OPS on the week. He had one double and five home runs, with 11 RBIs and seven runs scored. He was walked five times, reaching in 14-of-33 plate appearances, and he stole two bases.

On July 24, Burke did what Gurevitch had done earlier in the week, getting a hat trick of home runs. In the same game, he drove in four RBIs and three runs scored. Two of his home runs he clobbered in the July 26th series finale, wrapping up a special week at “home” for the 23-year-old.

Over the course of the season, Burke has hit a combined .274/.362/.598, with a .960 OPS and a .292 BABIP with 50 extra-base hits. He has a combined 22 doubles, with two triples, and 26 home runs. He has driven in 77 RBIs, with 58 runs scored, and 24 stolen bases.

MLB Pipeline Top 100

Similar to the non-top 100 top five from the week, the top five hitters among MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 from last week also split between rookie ball and Triple-A. But an interesting find among this group is how all five hitters are outfielders.

MLB No. 82 prospect Charles Davalan, an outfielder from the High-A Great Lakes Loons (Los Angeles Dodgers), was 11-for-22 this week, hitting .500/.542/1.136, with a 1.678 OPS. He hit three doubles, one triple, and three home runs on the week, with six RBIs. He walked once.

Sitting as MLB’s No. 81 prospect, outfielder Justin Gonzalez of the Greenville Drive (High-A, Boston Red Sox; their third player listed this week as a top performer) was 5-for-12 this week, hitting .417/.533/1.000, with a 1.533 OPS. He had one double and two home runs, with five RBIs, walking twice and stealing one bag.

Theo Gillen is ranked No. 9 by MLB Pipeline. The outfielder from the Double-A Montgomery Biscuits (Tampa Bay Rays) this week was 7-for-18. He hit .389/.522/.889, with a 1.411 OPS. His week included a double, triple, and two home runs, including eight RBIs. He walked five times and had three stolen bases.

Max Clark, an outfielder from the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens (Detroit Tigers), is MLB’s No. 13 prospect. This week he hit .444.565/.778, with a 1.343 OPS. He hit two home runs, driving in five RBIs. He walked five times and stole a base.

Last, but not least is MLB’s No. 87 prospect, Francisco Renteria from the DSL Phillies (Philadelphia Phillies). Playing in the rookie level, this week he hit .444/.500/.833, with a 1.333 OPS. He had two doubles, a triple, a home run, and eight RBIs. He walked twice.

We’re just a week away from the August trade deadline, and with the month of August around the corner, the end of this season is on the horizon as well, giving some players pressure to get called up this year, and others the pressure of performing to not get traded. There’s a lot of wild cards at play when it comes to the minor leagues this time of year, with players feeling different pressures around the plate and with every performance right now.

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