The Franklin Arias power show just keeps growing in magnitude.
The Red Sox's top prospect reached double-digit home runs in a season for the first time as a pro during a three-hit night for Double-A Portland in its 2-1 victory over Reading at Delta Dental Park at Hadlock Field. Arias tallied another milestone by delivering the first multihomer performance of his career.
The Double-A Eastern League Player of the Month for April had an impressive résumé after the first month of the season with a .375 average and 1.196 OPS. But even this latest performance marked new heights.
Arias' hype was met in the form of Reading starter Gage Wood (MLB's No. 71 prospect), who was making his Double-A debut. The infielder won the Top 100 matchup when he drove a solo shot over the wall in right-center field to lead off the night for Portland. Arias singled off Wood in the third and smashed another home run to left-center in the fifth inning off righty Jack Dallas (Phillies).
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The 20-year-old had never hit more than nine home runs in a season prior to 2026. Friday night brought long balls No. 9 and 10 already in just 34 games, after hitting eight roundtrippers in 116 contests last year. MLB's No. 11 prospect bumped his season slash to .341/.424/.642.
In his award-winning month of April, Arias had two separate streaks of homering in three consecutive games. While he had been yet to reclaim those power bona fides in May, his three-hit night marked his fifth multihit performance of the month. Arias has reached base safely in 13 of 14 games since the latest turn of the calendar.