Red Sox Prospects Who Can Still Make an MLB Impact in 2022

After a rocky start, the Boston Red Sox have climbed back into contention and are playing as well as anyone as the weather starts to heat up.

While that could certainly change their deadline approach and make them buyers, they could also get positive contributions from some of their top prospects before the season is over, whether it's in a supporting role or stepping into an opportunity created by injury.

Ahead, we've highlighted three prospects who can still make an MLB impact in 2022, focusing solely on players who have not yet appeared in the majors this year.

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Prospects who have already seen MLB action in 2022: RHP Kutter Crawford, RHP Josh Winckowski, C Connor Wong

RHP Brayan Bello

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DENVER, CO - JULY 11: Brayan Bello #17 of American League Futures Team pitches against the National League Futures Team at Coors Field on July 11, 2021 in Denver, Colorado.(Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)

Brayan Bello established himself as the top pitching prospect in the Red Sox system with a 3.87 ERA and 132 strikeouts in 95.1 innings between High-A and Double-A last season, earning a spot in the Futures Game along the way.

Signed for just $28,000 in 2017, the 23-year-old came out the other side of the canceled 2020 season physically stronger, and his stuff has ticked up as a result with his fastball now touching the upper 90s.

Bello posted a 1.60 ERA with 42 strikeouts in 33.2 innings at Double-A to start the year before earning a quick call-up to Triple-A, and he was slotted at No. 86 on B/R's recently updated Top 100 prospect list.

The fact that he's already on the 40-man roster should increase his chances of seeing the big leagues before 2022 is over.

1B Triston Casas

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SCOTTSDALE, AZ - OCTOBER 20: Triston Casas #17 of the Scottsdale Scorpions bats during the game between the Mesa Solar Sox and the Scottsdale Scorpions at Scottsdale Stadium on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Bobby Dalbec is hitting .190 with more strikeouts (50) than times on base (49) this season, so it's only a matter of time before we see Triston Casas take over as the starting first baseman in Boston.

The No. 21 prospect in baseball in B/R's most recent Top 100 list update, the 22-year-old is hitting .248/.359/.457 with six home runs and 22 RBI in 36 games at Triple-A, though he has been sidelined since May 17 with a right ankle sprain.

After gaining some valuable experience in the upper levels of the minors and starring for Team USA in the Olympics last year, Casas looks like a star in the making.

He could wind up providing a bigger second-half impact than any outside additions the team might make at the trade deadline.

RHP Connor Seabold

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GLENDALE, AZ - OCTOBER 19: Connor Seabold #67 of the Scottsdale Scorpions pitches during the game between the Scottsdale Scorpions and the Glendale Desert Dogs at Camelback Ranch on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

The Red Sox have given spot starts to Kutter Crawford and Josh Winckowski, but they have yet to call on Connor Seabold after he made his MLB debut in a spot start last September.

Acquired from the Philadelphia Phillies in the same deal that brought Nick Pivetta to Boston, the 26-year-old has a 2.01 ERA, 0.94 WHIP and 45 strikeouts in 44.2 innings at Triple-A.

Seabold does not have the highest ceiling, but with an elite changeup and plus command he's more than capable of filling a spot at the back of an MLB rotation or in a multi-inning role out of the bullpen.

Left-hander Brandon Walter is another pitcher to keep an eye on following an early promotion from Double-A to Triple-A.

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All stats courtesy of Baseball Reference and accurate through Tuesday's games.