PORTLAND — The Boston Red Sox have promoted first baseman Sam Travis to the Portland Sea Dogs from High-A Salem. Travis made his Double-A debut Thursday at New Hampshire. To make room for Travis, infielder David Chester was placed on the disabled list.

The 21-year-old Travis was selected by the Red Sox in the second round (67th overall) of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft out of Indiana University. In 66 games with High-A Salem this season, Travis was hitting .313/.378/.467 with 15 doubles, four triples, five home runs, 40 RBIs and 10 stolen bases. He ranks among Carolina League leaders in several offensive categories, including average (third), RBIs (fourth), hits (first), OBP (third) and total bases (third). Travis is ranked by Baseball America as the No. 12 prospect in the Red Sox system.

In his first season in professional baseball in 2014, Travis combined between Short-Season Lowell (40 games) and Low-A Greenville (27 games) to hit .316/.351/.467 with seven home runs, 44 RBI, and five stolen bases.

Travis played at Indiana from 2012-14, where he hit .327 with 31 home runs in 184 career games and was named the 2012 Big Ten Freshman of the Year and 2014 Big Ten Player of the Year.