For one moment, the future was the present along Florida’s Gulf coast. Roughly 90 minutes before first pitch of Thursday’s Spring Breakout opener between the Red Sox and Rays at Port Charlotte Sports Park,

Campbell and Mayer hit back-to-back home runs in the third inning but the Red Sox lost, 7-5, to prospects from the Rays.

Boston Red Sox fans have plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the franchise’s future. Three of them went deep during Thursday’s Spring Breakout Prospect Showcase. Roman Anthony, Kristian Campbell,

Under the lights of Charlotte Sports Park, all three members of Boston’s vaunted “Big 3” prospects went deep, announcing their presence in a Spring Breakout contest against the Rays. Thursday’s primet