Top Red Sox prospects Franklin Arias and Anthony Eyanson have been selected to represent the organization at the 2026 All-Star Futures Game in Philadelphia later this month, Major League Baseball announced on Wednesday.
As part of All-Star Week festivities, Arias and Eyanson will suit up for the American League in the annual prospect showcase at Citizens Bank Park on Sunday, July 12. The seven-inning exhibition, which will air exclusively on NBC, is scheduled to begin at noon ET.
Arias, a 20-year-old infielder, and Eyanson, a 21-year-old right-hander, are currently ranked by Baseball America as the top two prospects in Boston’s farm system and the Nos. 3 and 33 prospects in baseball, respectively. Both have had exceptional seasons to this point and are being rewarded with Futures Game nods.
Arias clubbed his organizational-leading 17th home run of the season for Double-A Portland on Wednesday. In 65 games for the Sea Dogs this year, the right-handed hitter is batting a robust .329/.414/.606 with 15 doubles, one triple, a career-high 17 homers, 44 RBIs, 43 runs scored, five stolen bases, 31 walks, and 36 strikeouts over 285 plate appearances. He is slashing .299/.405/.567 against lefties and .341/.417/.620 against righties.
Defensively, Arias has seen most of his playing time with Portland this season come at shortstop, where he has committed just three errors in 182 chances across 48 starts. The sure-handed 5-foot-11, 180-pounder has also made two error-free starts at second base and 10 starts at DH.
A native of Venezuela, Arias originally signed with the Red Sox for $525,000 as an international free agent in January 2023. Known more for his glove at the time of his signing, he quickly turned heads with his bat in the rookie-level Dominican Summer and Florida Complex Leagues, earning MVP honors in the latter as part of an electric 2024 stateside debut. He followed that up by climbing from Low-A to High-A, and then from High-A to Double-A as a 19-year-old in 2025.
Eyanson, meanwhile, is in his first full professional season after being selected by the Red Sox with the 87th overall pick in last summer’s draft out of Louisiana State. The California native received an above-slot $1.75 million signing bonus but did not pitch for an affiliate immediately after putting pen to paper. He instead debuted at High-A Greenville this April following a standout spring training in Fort Myers.
In five starts for Greenville out of the gate, Eyanson pitched to a 0.44 ERA with 34 strikeouts to three walks over 20 1/3 innings in which opponents batted just .104 against him. The righty was recognized as the South Atlantic League Pitcher of the month for April and received a promotion to Portland in early May. He has since forged a 1.48 ERA with 30 strikeouts to 16 walks across seven starts (30 1/3 innings) for the Sea Dogs.
Overall, Eyanson is 2-0 with a 1.07 ERA and a 64:19 strikeout-to-walk ratio over 12 starts (50 2/3 innings) between Greenville and Portland this season. Opposing hitters are batting .149 against the 6-foot-2, 208-pound hurler, who features an upper-90s fastball that has touched triple digits as well as a slider, curveball, and changeup.
(Picture of Franklin Arias: Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)
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