Luis Ravelo, 18-Year-Old Switch Hitter, Joins Red Sox's Top 30 Prospect List

A promising young talent is starting to get national praise.

Scott Neville | Sep 19, 2022

Luis Ravelo, 18-Year-Old Switch Hitter, Joins Red Sox's Top 30 Prospect List /

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Fans of the Boston Red Sox now have another name to pay attention to with the updated prospect rankings.

18-year-old shortstop Luis Ravelo is the new No. 30 prospect in the Red Sox system according to MLB Pipeline. The move was made due to right-hander Brayan Bello no longer qualifying as a prospect following his latest outing.

Ravelo made the jump to American professional baseball on June 3 alongside No. 5 prospect Miguel Bleis. Both joined the Florida Complex League, the state-side rookie league.

While Bleis took off without much of a learning curve, Ravelo struggled in his brief playing time. The switch-hitting middle infielder hit .187 with three extra-base hits, six RBIs and a .532 OPS in 31 games at the FCL.

Once the Red Sox were eliminated from the FCL playoffs, the organization gave the kid a shot to prove himself with a (likely temporary) promotion to Single-A Salem. He went 6-for-24 (.240) with a double, home run and six RBIs in seven games before their season concluded.

While Ravelo was not highly productive in his first 38 games since coming over to the United States, he's got the tools to develop. Ravelo is 6-foot-1, 187 pounds with good bat speed and can hit from both sides of the plate. He's a defensive-minded shortstop with a glove that already exceeds Single-A and a bat that will need to come around to rise up the rankings.

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Published Sep 19, 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