Kristian Campbell, 2025 Fantasy Outlook

Red Sox are going to be goofy sexy this year. Put on your best Santa robe and eye Mrs. Claus as she comes out of the shower and applies charcoal creme in the mirror. That’s what kind of sexy we’re talking about. From the windows to The Wall! From Get Roman to Kristian Campbell to all the sex they already have in their lineup! Jarren Duran? Yes, I’m listening. Devers delivers? Yes, as long as that shoulder is healed. Masataka Yoshida? Don’t mind if I do! Wilyer Abreu? Keep talkin’ and I’m gonna keep listenin’! Ceddanne Rafaela? Yes, I like that too! Triston Casas? Healthy like Devers? Then absolutely! Trevor Story? Actually, he’s never healthy, but then there’s Vaughn Grissom. All right, too many guys. Don’t forget David Hamilton. I said that’s enough! Fine, I won’t mention Connor Wong. You better not! Connor Wong! I said don’t mention him, Random Italicized Voice! And The Wall? You know I love The Wall, you bastard! It turns everything into a double. Yes, that’s why I like it. I wasn’t talking aesthetics. I never said you were. Good! Good to you too! So, what can we expect from Kristian Campbell for 2025 fantasy baseball?

All right, before we get too deep, let’s see if Kristian Campbell can go deep:

There goes Kristian Campbell!

That one was 109 off the bat. pic.twitter.com/cQGEH4pkBw

— Red Sox Player Development (@RedSoxPlayerDev) September 6, 2024

Don’t think that makes it over The Wall, but how about this one:

Kristian Campbell two-run home run.

The Boston Red Sox prospect is hitting .420 with four home runs in Double-A.

Absurd. pic.twitter.com/XR35zGatbB

— Hunter Noll (@Hunter_Noll) June 26, 2024

Then the running:

Kristian Campbell with his third triple in Double-A.

The Boston Red Sox prospect is hitting .366 since being promoted.

Dump them out, @tylermilliken_ pic.twitter.com/rV6aCsT2ei

— Hunter Noll (@Hunter_Noll) August 17, 2024

By the way, finding minor league clips is a pain. The camerawork is so shoddy most of the time. Well, enough b’ing and m’ing, because we shouldn’t clog up the glorious with the petty gripes. In my Jasson Dominguez fantasy, I said there was four top rookie candidates for redraft leagues. They’ve all been revealed now — Dominguez, Jackson Jobe, Roman Anthony and Dylan Crews, but they’re all 1A, then Kristian Campbell is 1B and could be 1A. If Kristian Campbell is the top rookie, it wouldn’t shock me. He was the top Minor League Hitter of the Year, and Breakout Player of the Year. He absolutely tore up the minors this year from the floor up — 20/24 across three levels of High to Triple-A, at the age of 22. Doesn’t turn 23 until June, for what it’s Cronenworth.

Kristian Campbell’s Hit Tool looks gorge too. He hit .362 in Double-A in 213 ABs, his longest stop. (.330 overall with a .439 OBP and .558 SLG.) Chaim made that Red Sox farm Bloom. All of these guys who are going to hit .290+ with The Wall, and are very similar to Jarren Duran. The Red Sox could have four guys in the top 50 overall next year for fantasy baseball. It’s a good time to be downe with Lands, and to be a Fan in the euil.

So, this brings us to playing time estimates for 2025. Much like Roman Anthony, I don’t know, but I can guess. I’d put Kristian Campbell at 70% odds of breaking camp, which is slightly better than Roman Anthony, because Campbell can play middle infield too. The reason why Campbell (and Anthony) are behind Dominguez, et al is solely because I don’t know their ETA as clearly. If Campbell (or Anthony) had been called up in September, I’d feel better with both. Since I wrote the Dominguez post, he didn’t sniff one single at-bat in the World Series with Aaron Boone opting for Jose Trevino in critical situations, so who knows on his playing time either? Dominguez, Anthony, and Campbell are all going to come down to playing time, so it might be Dylan Crews at 1A and the rest at 1B. 1B ain’t a bad place 2B. For 2025, I’ll give Kristian Campbell projections of 62/14/66/.274/18 in 414 ABs with a chance for much more.