Red Sox’ top prospects offer up scouting report of each other

“They’re leaders, and they’re fun to play with.”

Marcelo Mayer made the jump to Triple-A Worcester last week. (Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff)

For a trio of baseball players who have yet to step onto the field at Fenway Park quite yet, there’s been plenty penned about shortstop Marcelo Mayer, center fielder Roman Anthony, and catcher Kyle Teel.

And for good reason.

Boston’s “big three” prospects were all listed within the top 30 of MLB’s top prospects in MLB Pipeline’s latest rankings, with Mayer pacing the pack with the No. 5 spot.

All three players have earned high praise from multiple scouting outlets over the years, with their meteoric rise this summer culminating in their collective promotion to Triple-A Worcester earlier this week.

But what have Mayer, Anthony, and Teel all seen from each other and the strides they’ve made this summer?

For Teel, his top takeaway this season has been Anthony’s ability to consistently tee off on pitching, showcasing an advanced approach at the plate despite only turning 20 years old back in May.

Anthony, who became the youngest Sox prospect to reach Triple-A since Glenn Hoffman in 1978, launched a home run on July 31 in Portland that had an exit velocity of 116 miles per hour. It was the hardest-bit ball by any Red Sox player this year — including up in MLB ranks.

As noted by Alex Speier of The Boston Globe, only five Red Sox players in the Statcast era (2015-24) have hit a ball at least 116 miles per hour: Rafael Devers (three times), Hanley Ramirez (three times), Franchy Cordero, J.D. Martinez, and Hunter Renfroe.

After slugging 15 home runs and 38 total extra-base hits over 84 games in Double-A Portland, Anthony entered Sunday with three hits in his first 19 at-bats in Worcester — including a double in his first plate appearance on Tuesday.

“Playing with Roman last year, he hit the ball hard and he hit with power,” Teel said of Anthony. “And this year, it’s amazing how many times I look at the iPad after he makes contact with the ball, and it’s 110-plus [miles per hour]. It’s unbelievable.”

For Mayer, his main focus was on the collective growth of Boston’s top prospects on the basepaths. The trio combined for 38 steals in Portland, with Anthony leading the charge with 16 swipes.

While Mayer currently remains on the mend in Worcester with a nagging lower-body injury, he rounded into form as a multi-tool star with Portland, slashing .307/.370/.480 with eight homers, 36 extra-base hits, and 13 steals in 77 games against Double-A pitching.

“I’d say the biggest thing, it’s not numbers-wise or anything like that. We kind of took on the challenge this year to dominate on the base paths,” Mayer said. “And I know our manager in Double-A talked about it a lot, [Chad Epperson] to go out every day and run as hard as you possibly can on the base paths.

“And I think that’s been something that we’ve kind of taken and ran with it, and it’s really helped us along. We see the big-league club and the way they play, how hard they play, how exciting it is to play that brand of baseball. So we kind of adopted that and that’s ever since then, it’s just been way more fun.”

Beyond their individual talents on the field, Anthony stressed that the most impressive strides made this season involve the trio not getting caught up in the high expectations hanging over them.

“Just going into the year, controlling what we can control, and I think these two guys have done a great job of it,” Anthony said. “Kyle handling the pitching staff in Portland — obviously, it’s a big adjustment. Guys are a lot older than him for the most part, and a lot older than Marcelo as well. But Teel in particular, being able to handle pitching staff, taking care of everything, and then also be as good of a hitter as he is, it’s impressive.

“And then Marcelo, the same thing, being the shortstop, controlling the infield as a younger guy. I think if you watch these two guys, you never really know their age. And the biggest thing is they’re the same guy every day — regardless of performance, whether they’re playing or not, you’re getting the same guy. And credit to them, I think they’ve led by example and even myself, I’ve kind of followed. They’re leaders, and they’re fun to play with.”

The “big three” still have a ways to go before making a legitimate push for big-league reps next season. But Teel believes both he and his teammates — including recent call-up Kristian Campbell — are on the right track now that they’re less than an hour’s drive away from Fenway Park.

“I mean, the most important thing to me is competing with what you have every day, no matter how you feel physically or mentally,” Teel said of what he’s working on in Worcester. “It’s just competing with what you have and I feel like at the past levels — in Double-A especially, we have a routine set. We know we have to go out there and be ready every day. So it’s just to continue to do that and play the game the right way.”