Red Sox Prospect Roman Anthony Opens Up About Offseason, Goals For 2025
Boston Red Sox top prospect Roman Anthony set quite the bar in 2024.
The 20-year-old catapulted from Double-A to Triple-A, earning himself the consensus No. 1 prospect ranking in baseball. Anthony quickly lived up to the hype that followed him, alongside Marcelo Mayer and ex-Red Sox prospect Kyle Teel, from Portland to Worcester once the call-up to Triple-A was officially made in August of last season.
Since then, Anthony’s been focused on doing everything to remain prepared for the long-awaited call to the franchise’s big league club in Boston.
“Just cleaning up on my game and improving in every aspect so that way when I go into spring training, and I am competing for a spot, I’ll be ready,” Anthony told WooSox play-by-play announcer Jim Cain on Tuesday. “For me, I feel ready and I’m gonna use this last month or three weeks, whatever it is, to continue to stay ready. I’m just gonna try to go in and really leave no doubt and continue to learn. I don’t think anything changes. I’m not gonna change who I am or change the way I play because of who I’m playing against or what I’m playing for. So for me, just going in there and trying to leave no doubt and trusting the front office that they’re gonna do what’s right.”
Anthony hit .344/.463/.519 with three home runs, 12 doubles and 20 RBIs in 35 games in Worcester, drawing oohs and ahhs from fans at Polar Park routinely. That crowd reaction can easily make its way from Worcester to Boston’s Fenway Park this upcoming season, pending Anthony remains on track and continues to make strides as the soon-to-be big leaguer many project him to become.
Boston’s already opened the door for youngsters like Triston Casas, Ceddanne Rafaela and Wilyer Abreu to ascend and establish themselves at the big league level, and Anthony will join the organization’s next wave.
Red Sox manager Alex Cora offered an intriguing big-league comparison to Anthony when asked during the team’s Fenway Fest event on Saturday.
“He’s a good player,” Cora told reporters at Fenway Park. “I don’t know, you guys have seen him more than me, but the way I see it, he’s like J.D. Drew but athletic.”
Anthony participated in Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story’s position players workout last week and attended the team’s annual Rookie Development Program, joining fellow prospects Kristian Campbell, Mayer, Hunter Dobbins, Jhostynxon Garcia, Carlos Narvaez and David Sandlin. It might not be too long until Anthony is officially referring to Cora as “skipper” and Story as his teammate.