How Red Sox Can Unlock ‘Password’ For Future With This Prospect

Before the start of the 2025 season, NESN.com is evaluating several noteworthy prospects in the Boston Red Sox organization, using insight and analysis from industry experts to gauge each player’s outlook for the upcoming campaign. Next up: Jhostynxon Garcia.

The Boston Red Sox revamped their entire farm system over the last five years with elite position players.

You may not know him yet, but there’s a deeper level of talent among the outfielders with one who stands out. And not just because he has the best nickname in baseball.

Jhostynxon “The Password” Garcia is one half of a tandem of Red Sox prospect brothers who grew into notability in the organization last season. His power in his bat and throwing arm offer an intriguing tool combination that refreshes value behind Boston’s top prospect trio of Marcelo Mayer, Roman Anthony and Kristian Campbell.

Garcia may not be the name everyone immediately thinks of in a thriving Red Sox system, but his talent speaks for itself with a developmental 2025 season ahead.

Here’s how Garcia got here.

Background
Garcia signed with the Red Sox as an international free agent in July 2019. He made his first impact in the Dominican Summer League where he hit .282 in 2021 with more walks than strikeouts. His physicality at the plate impressed Red Sox coaches early on.

“He came to the (Dominican) academy with that kind of power,” Salem Red Sox manager Ozzie Chavez told NESN.com.

Garcia’s greatest impression came this past season where he turned a corner in High-A Greenville. The Red Sox outfield prospect, after he started the season in Low-A Salem with his brother Johanfran, smashed 16 home runs in just 53 games to earn his promotion to Double-A Portland. He finished the season with 23 long balls for the best mark in the Red Sox farm system.

“He’s shown some production in the upper minors,” Baseball America’s Geoff Pontes told NESN.com. “The quality of competition to age is not a question at all. That’s what makes Garcia so interesting.”

“Really remarkable rise as a guy who was a borderline starter in our Low-A affiliate and got up to Double-A,” Red Sox senior director of player development Brian Abraham told NESN.com.

Scouting Report
Garcia’s defense is consistently overlooked for a player with quality fielding movements, an elite throwing arm, and plenty of power at the plate.

“His ability to impact the baseball pull-side in the air is the first and foremost thing that comes to mind,” Abraham said. “He improved his swing decisions throughout the year with balls he can impact in the strike zone. Defensively, he continues to get better with great routes. He’s a plus defender with a great arm. Can play all three outfield spots and do so with ease.”

“He made more contact last year than in previous years and it translated into on-field power production,” SoxProspects.com director of scouting Ian Cundall said. “I think Garcia’s defense really gets slept on. He has one of the strongest arms in the system. He has an absolute cannon in right field. He’s got really good instincts. I think he can stick in center field.”

Garcia’s consistent contact and chase rate will need to improve, but he’s got the raw tools to impress the Red Sox for years to come.

“He’s got innate bat-to-ball ability plus raw power,” Pontes added. “He hits the ball really hard. The swing decisions aren’t great, but they’re not awful.”

Most-likely outcome: Fourth outfielder.
Garcia can one day fill the role that Rob Refsnyder plays for Boston’s current roster. He’s a versatile defender that excels against left-handed pitching, but his throwing arm and raw power create separation in his skillset.

“You can dream on a guy as a fourth outfielder with his skillset,” Cundall said.

Best-case scenario: MLB right fielder.
Garcia’s power and arm strength could suit him for the difficult right field at Fenway Park if the Red Sox’s outfield shuffle continues at the MLB level in the coming years.

Fenway forecast
Garcia could join the outfield shuffle for the Red Sox, even with an abundance around the system, later on in the 2026 season.

SoxProspects.com ranking: No. 12
Garcia will surely enter the top 10 on the list this season when the top trio graduates and could rise further with another power surge.