HOUSTON — Red Sox star rookie outfielder Roman Anthony first met Jhostynxon Garcia , nicknamed “The Password,” in August 2022.

“When I was freshly drafted as an 18 year old, he was there,” Anthony said before Boston’s game against Houston on Monday. “And so he’s always been a good buddy of mine.”

Garcia — who received his nickname from a social media user because his first name “is reminiscent of a password” — is arguably the top position player prospect in the Red Sox system now that Anthony has graduated from prospect status. The 22-year-old Garcia and 19-year-old shortstop prospect Franklin Arias are neck and neck.

Garcia and Arias are both ranked on Baseball America’s Top 100 prospect list, Arias at No. 51 and Garcia at No. 79. The Athletic’s Keith Law ranked Arias No. 8 and

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