The Redsocks might have baseball's strongest farm system. Is it time to worry?

Yesterday, Keith Law of The Athletic ejaculated his annual Top 100 prospects list, and I suggest you not go there alone. 

It's baseball's version of The Substance - the Hollywood horror flick, where an aging, over-the-hill Demi Moore franchise suddenly transforms into a young, strong Andie McDowell's daughter lineup, ready to win a TV gig world series.

On Law's List, Boston places five prospects, including the #1 - a CF named Roman Anthony, who is 6'2", with power and speed, and who looks like-

WAIT WAIT WAIT... YES, I HEAR YOUR SCREAMS. Calm down. Take a pill. I accept your protests. You're yelling that I'm taking this list seriously, which is in direct conflict with the No. 1 Rule of IT IS HIGH: Never take these lists seriously. Wasn't it last winter that Baltimore unveiled MLB's top prospect, 20-year-old Jackson Holliday? Remember the hype? Holliday came and went, then returned - hitting .190 with a measly 5 HRs. Ha ha. He's no longer on anybody's "prospect list." He's too old. (He's 21.) So, what-we-worry, right? 

Yeah, well, okay... But two winters ago, we assured ourselves that Bobby Witt Jr. was a washout, and that Anthony Volpe was destined for Monument Park. 

In prospect years, two seasons is a decade. 

So, to answer your wails...  Yes, it's too soon to fear the worst. But it's never too soon to worry... when we're dealing with Boston.  

Look, records are made to be broken, and so are prospects. If Roman looks like the next Freddie Lynn - (in his rookie year, 1975, he hit .331 with 21 HRs) - it's still not time to hit the Panic Button. (Besides, when Hal presses his button, Cashman just brings him a Diet Coke laced with Xanax.) 

But there's always concern when Boston has sat out three straight years, preparing to rise, like a zombie apocalypse. These kids can always be new versions of Franchy Cordero. But it's still worth worrying. 

Anthony, a lefty-hitting CF, shot through the minors last year. Law says he could make the team out of spring training, and he projects 30-HR power, speed, defense and high average.  

Next comes Kristian Campbell, a 23-year-old 2B/OF, who hit .330 last year in three minor league levels. He ranks #9. Then Marcelo Mayer - the "It" guy from the 2023 draft -at #28. Then Franklin Arias, age 19, another SS, at #42. Then Yoelin Cespedes, 19, yet another SS, at #97.

The Yankees? We have The Martian, Jasson Dominguez, at #21, which is also his age. It seems like he's 30, having been under the microscope for five years. But he sure didn't impress anyone playing LF in September. We'll see. (They also have George Lombard, the single A SS, at #98.)

The Orioles have three players, including catcher Samuel Basalo, #3. Tampa and Toronto have two, none of which move the needle.

Wait... okay, I hear you: These lists are crapola. But in this millennium, when Boston has more rings than the Yankees, it's worth noting the strategy they have been playing: Lie dormant for a few seasons, go into hiding, then suddenly go for broke. This could be one of those suddenly go-for-broke years. 

The Yankees had better not be done improving.