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By Noah Camras
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The Boston Red Sox are demoting top prospect Kristian Campbell, per ESPN's Jeff Passan.
Campbell, who signed an eight-year, $60 million this spring, has struggled mightily since the end of April, hitting just .159 over the past month-plus.
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Thus, the Red Sox are sending him to Triple-A where he'll get a chance to reset.
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Campbell is one of three exciting young prospects for the Red Sox. He broke camp with the big league club, and was recently joined by both Marcelo Mayer and Roman Anthony — the team's new top two prospects after Campbell's graduation — on the big league roster.
However, after opening the season red-hot — slashing .301/.407/.495 with four home runs and 12 RBIs through April — he's been mired in a slump.
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In 22 games in May, Campbell hit just .134 with one home run and four RBIs with an OPS of .355. Over 16 games in June, he hit .205 with one home run, five RBIs and an OPS of .658.
Campbell was initially selected by the Red Sox in the fourth round of the 2023 MLB Draft. He skyrocketed through the minor leagues, appearing in a total of just 137 games over the 2023 and 2024 seasons before earning his big league call up this year.
Campbell also skyrocketed up the prospect rankings.
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After being unranked in MLB Pipeline's Red Sox Top 30 Prospects to begin the 2024 season, he was ranked as the No. 7 prospect in all of MLB on the Top 100 entering this season.
Across High-A, Double-A and Triple-A last season, Campbell slashed .330/.439/.558 with 20 home runs, 77 RBIs, 24 stolen bases and an OPS of .997. While those numbers translated to the MLB level in the beginning of the 2025 season, he's been searching to get them back ever since.
Campbell's demotion comes just days after the Red Sox shocked the baseball world by sending All-Star slugger Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants. In the span of a week, the Red Sox will now be without their starting designated hitter and second baseman from the first two-plus months of the 2025 season.
The Red Sox are currently 39-37, 4.5 games back of the New York Yankees for first place in the American League East.
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