Franklin Arias

19-Year-Old ShortstopSS
Boston Red Sox A
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Arias is looking like a potential five-tool shortstop after an impressive stateside debut. He slashed .309/.409/.487 with nine home runs, 35 steals on 41 attempts and a 65:50 K:BB in 87 games across the Florida Complex League and Carolina League. The 18-year-old shortstop understandably did much more damage in the FCL (1.055 OPS) than after his July 23 promotion to Single-A Salem (.709 OPS), but it's still an accomplishment for him to have held his own against Single-A pitching. Arias came into the year as a hit-over-power shortstop who had a strong chance of sticking at the position, and while that is all still true, he was more impressive with the bat and more prolific on the bases than expected. He'll play the entire 2025 season as a 19-year-old and could conceivably climb as high as Double-A. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a $525,000 contract with the Red Sox in January of 2023.
Wrapping up strong age-18 season
SSBoston Red Sox  A
September 10, 2024
Arias is slashing .309/.409/.487 with nine home runs, 35 steals on 41 attempts and a 65:50 K:BB in 87 games across the Florida Complex League and Carolina League.
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The 18-year-old shortstop understandably did much more damage in the FCL (1.055 OPS) than after his July 23 promotion to Single-A Salem (.709 OPS), but it's still an accomplishment for him to be holding his own against Single-A pitching. Arias came into the year as a hit-over-power shortstop who had a strong chance of sticking at the position, and while that is all still true, he was more impressive with the bat and more prolific on the bases than expected.
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Set to play in FCL
SSBoston Red Sox  A
February 6, 2024
Arias is expected to debut in the rookie-level Florida Complex League in 2024, Christopher Smith of MassLive.com reports.
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