{"id":41887,"date":"2025-04-18T02:30:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T02:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=41887"},"modified":"2025-04-18T02:30:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T02:30:12","slug":"new-roman-anthony-injury-update-makes-this-ridiculous-homer-even-more-impressive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=41887","title":{"rendered":"New Roman Anthony injury update makes this ridiculous homer even more impressive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"MLB Monterrey Series: Boston Red Sox v Sultanes de Monterrey\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_85,w_5500,h_3093\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/14\/01js2q1j3n84t9kkywzt.jpg\" alt=\"MLB Monterrey Series: Boston Red Sox v Sultanes de Monterrey\" width=\"5500\" height=\"3093\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"MLB Monterrey Series: Boston Red Sox v Sultanes de Monterrey\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">MLB Monterrey Series: Boston Red Sox v Sultanes de Monterrey | Maddie Malhotra\/Boston Red Sox\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap\">\n<div class=\"flex mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"hidden md:block md:mx-4 hidden md:block\" data-testid=\"share-menu\">\n<div class=\"sticky top-20 mb-3\" data-testid=\"share-menu-inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><main class=\"min-w-0 flex-1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Top Boston Red Sox outfield prospect Roman Anthony has been holding down the designated hitter slot in Triple-A Worcester&#8217;s lineup since April 11.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Chris Henrique of\u00a0<em>Boston Sports Journal\u00a0<\/em>reported on April 17 that Anthony has been dealing with &#8220;minor right shoulder soreness&#8221; that has kept him out of the outfield for nearly a week. Any pain he may be experiencing doesn&#8217;t seem to be impacting his game, though.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_3_4\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Anthony went 7-for-12 with one strikeout in his three appearances for the WooSox between April 11-15. On April 17, he put any concerns about his shoulder to bed, with two homers in his first three at-bats. The second blast of the afternoon was a grand slam to give the WooSox a commanding 8-0 lead over Triple-A Rochester.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Anthony&#8217;s first homer left his bat at 107.9 miles per hour and flew 410 feet to center field.\u00a0In the video the WooSox posted to Twitter,\u00a0it appears the bomb took out an outfield camera to add a little comedy to his dominance.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Top Red Sox prospect Roman Anthony slugs two homers with sore right shoulder<\/h2>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004 ot-vscat-C0004 \" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1912970276230598702&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fbosoxinjection.com%2Fnew-roman-anthony-injury-update-makes-this-ridiculous-homer-even-more-impressive&amp;sessionId=7733c82a6041f8efa271b546eab4a4cd3a4fb310&amp;siteScreenName=bosoxinjection&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1912970276230598702\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_3_5\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Red Sox&#8217;s offense has been underwhelming\u00a0since their sweep of the Cardinals at Fenway Park \u2014 Jarren Duran, Rafael Devers,\u00a0Triston Casas and a few other of Boston&#8217;s bats\u00a0have struggled to start the season. Anthony&#8217;s recent offensive explosion\u00a0has Sox fans clamoring for him to be called up,\u00a0despite his shoulder ailment.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">His recent injury isn&#8217;t the only reason the Red Sox haven&#8217;t been able to call Anthony up. Boston&#8217;s outfield is jam-packed, and Devers isn&#8217;t leaving the DH slot anytime soon. Before the top prospect gets his moment, the Red Sox have to find something to do with Duran, Wilyer Abreu, Ceddanne Rafaela or Rob Refsnyder. Rafaela seems like the clear odd man out due to his .211\/.274\/.246 slash line, but the Sox extended him to the tune of eight years and $50 million last year. His Glove is also elite and he&#8217;s single-handedly saved the Red Sox from a lot of damage in center field. Still, he may be the easiest candidate to be optioned for Anthony.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">It will be interesting to see how much longer the Red Sox can justify keeping their top prospect in Worcester. He&#8217;s still just a month removed from turning 21 and has plenty of time to make an impact for the team, but even with an injured shoulder, he&#8217;s inevitable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MLB Monterrey Series: Boston Red Sox v Sultanes de Monterrey | Maddie Malhotra\/Boston Red Sox\/GettyImages Top Boston Red Sox outfield prospect Roman Anthony has been holding down&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Roman Anthony injury update makes this ridiculous homer even more impressive - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=41887\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Roman Anthony injury update makes this ridiculous homer even more impressive - 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