Red Sox 6-6, 260-pound power-hitting prospect makes MLB Pipeline’s latest Top 100

Red Sox 6-foot-6, 260-pound teenage prospect Justin Gonzales made MLB Pipeline’s latest Top 100.

The 19-year-old power-hitting outfielder/first baseman appears at No. 98.

He joins three other Red Sox prospects on the list. Shortstop Franklin Arias is ranked No. 11, right-handed pitcher Anthony Eyanson is No. 72 and right-handed pitcher Kyson Witherspoon is No. 88.

Earlier this week, Gonzales broke onto Baseball America’s Top 100, ranking No. 97.

Gonzales is batting .293 with a .392 on-base percentage, .480 slugging percentage, .872 OPS, five home runs, six doubles, one triple, 20 RBIs, 14 walks and 23 strikeouts in 29 games (143 plate appearances) for High-A Greenville.

He had the third-hardest hit ball (117.3 mph single March 2) in major league spring training games this season.

Gonzales’ MLB scouting report notes, “Gonzales has some of the best bat-to-ball skills and perhaps the most raw power in the system, and the next step will be getting him to tap into the latter. His bat speed and considerable strength generate huge exit velocities.”

Boston signed him out of the Dominican Republic in January 2024.

Both MLB Pipeline and Baseball America grade his arm 60 (plus) on the 20-80 grading scale.

“He’s one of the biggest guys I’ve ever played with,” Marcelo Mayer said said last month. “He’s just way bigger than everybody else and he hits the ball way harder than everybody else.”

“An Oneil Cruz-type tool set,” Isiah Kiner-Falefa added.