Red Sox's No. 5 Prospect Nick Yorke Headlines Eight Players Going To Arizona Fall League

Yorke will look to rebound in a league loaded with top prospects.

Scott Neville | Sep 16, 2022

Red Sox's No. 5 Prospect Nick Yorke Headlines Eight Players Going To Arizona Fall League /

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With minor league seasons coming to a close, young players will move all across the globe to continue their development.

One of the hot springs for competition among minor league ranks is the Arizona Fall League, which spans from Oct. 3 to Nov. 12, and allows prospects to prove their worth against other stars in the making.

Eight Red Sox prospects will be joining the six-man league as members of the Scottsdale Scorpions according to Baseball America's Josh Harris.

The biggest name on the list is second baseman Nick Yorke, the No. 5 prospect in the Red Sox's system according to MLB Pipeline. He'll look to bounce back after a rough season.

Yorke hit just .231 with 10 doubles, a triple, 11 home runs, 45 RBIs and a .688 OPS in 80 games for High-A Greenville.

He'd just come off a breakout 2021 season and appeared to be on brink of becoming one of the top prospects in baseball before hitting a season-long snag. Now he'll have a chance to start fresh with the Scorpions.

Yorke will be joined by:

SP Thad Ward, 25 years old, No. 16 Red Sox prospect
0-1 with a 2.43 ERA, 41-to-14 strikeout-to-walk ratio and .230 batting average against in seven starts with Double-A Portland.

1B Niko Kavadas, 23 years old, No. 22 Red Sox prospect
.284/.449/.557 with 52 extra-base hits including 26 home runs, 86 RBIs and a 1.006 OPS in 118 games between Single-A Salem, High-A Greenville and Double-A Portland.

OF Wilyer Abreu, 23 years old, No. 24 Red Sox prospect
.249/.401/.438 with 47 extra-base hits including 19 home runs, 73 RBIs and a .839 OPS in 127 games in Double-A.

C Stephen Scott, 25 years old, unranked prospect
.216/.342/.378 with 31 extra-base hits including 10 home runs, 43 RBIs and a .720 OPS in 94 games between High-A Greenville and Double-A Portland.

RP Aaron Perry, 23 years old, unranked prospect
Only pitched three scoreless innings for Single-A Salem due to injury.

RP Jacob Webb, 23 years old, unranked prospect
2-3, converted 10-of-13 save opportunities with a 3.23 ERA, 87-to-28 strikeout-to-walk ratio and .222 BAA in 43 appearances between Single-A Salem, High-A Greenville and Double-A Portland.

RP Ryan Zeferjahn, 24 years old, unranked prospect
4-4 with a 5.14 ERA, 79-to-33 strikeout-to-walk ratio and .236 BAA in 33 games between High-A Greenville and Double-A Portland.

Follow @ScottNeville46 on Twitter for the latest updates on some of the Red Sox's most intriguing prospects.

Published Sep 16, 2022

SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer. His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu