What to expect from Red Sox prospect Garcia -- aka 'The Password' -- in The Show

Say it with us: JOES-tin-son.

Now say this: Jhostynxon Garcia is a Major Leaguer.

You may know him better by his nickname, "The Password."

The Red Sox were set to call up their No. 3 prospect on Thursday ahead of a potential MLB debut, a source told MLB.com’s Ian Browne.

Ranked as MLB Pipeline’s No. 77 overall prospect, Garcia is hitting .289/.363/.512 with 20 homers in 99 games between Double-A Portland and Triple-A Worcester this season. Those numbers have been even better at the higher level, where he slashed .303/.367/.564 with 17 dingers in 66 games before getting the call to the bigs. Those 17 homers had been tied for fourth most in all of Triple-A since he arrived with the WooSox on May 20. His 149 total bases also led the International League in that span.

Standing in at 6-foot (and bigger than his listed weight of 163 pounds), the right-handed-hitting outfielder stands out most for the above-average power potential that has led to some of those gaudy numbers. He ran a 106.1 mph 90th-percentile exit velocity with Worcester and maxed out at 110.2 mph.

What may be most promising, given his future Major League home, is that Garcia, who will get going at the plate with a good-sized leg kick, typically does a solid job pulling the ball in the air. Ten of his 17 Triple-A homers were hit to left, and three more went to left-center – a type of spray chart that should make the Green Monster a welcome target at Fenway Park.

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While Garcia’s pop fueled his profile at the Minors’ top level, his bat does come with some swing-and-miss concerns. He has whiff rates above 40 percent on both sliders and changeups at Triple-A, leading to a 27.5 percent K rate with Worcester overall – 34th-highest in Triple-A among 148 batters with at least 250 plate appearances this season. He does a much better job handling higher velocity, thanks to quick bat speed, batting .353 with a .706 slugging percentage against pitches 95 mph or above while with Worcester.

Garcia also handles right- and left-handed pitching almost equally well, and that’s been true for much of his career since he signed for $350,000 out of Venezuela in July 2019.

Defensively, the 22-year-old has seen time at all three outfield spots this season, with a particular concentration in center. He has good instincts on the grass and plus arm strength (leading to five outfield assists in 2025), but the Red Sox had started to work him out at first base, where they have the biggest organizational need. Garcia made his debut at the cold corner on Sunday in Iowa, but the circumstances of his callup likely preclude more work on the dirt.

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Garcia arrives with the Sox as Wilyer Abreu goes on the injured list with a right calf injury. The team also recalled second baseman David Hamilton in a move that will likely allow Ceddanne Rafaela more time to focus on center, where he’s an exceptional defender. That would slide Jarren Duran back to a corner spot, with rookie phenom Roman Anthony rounding out the starting outfield group. Garcia’s right-handed bat could complement the lefty-hitting Masataka Yoshida as further outfield/DH options, though the arriving rookie is a better fielder than the 32-year-old Yoshida.

After bringing up Anthony, Marcelo Mayer and Kristian Campbell with various levels of success this season, Boston turns to another Top 100 prospect with 25-to 30-homer potential as it looks to hold onto at least an AL Wild Card spot down the stretch.