Roman Anthony

Roman Joseph Anthony (born May 13, 2004) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2025.

Amateur career

Anthony attended Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. He committed to play college baseball at Ole Miss after his sophomore year. He was named the Broward County 7-A Player of the Year by the ''Sun Sentinel'' after hitting for a .363 batting average with five home runs, six doubles, and 22 runs batted in (RBIs) with 26 stolen bases and 32 runs scored. As a senior, Anthony batted .520 with 52 hits, 14 doubles, 10 home runs, 40 RBIs, and 36 runs scored and repeated as the Broward 7-A Player of the Year. He was also named the Gatorade Florida Player of the Year and Florida Mr. Baseball. Earlier in the season, Anthony had seven hits in 15 at bats with four stolen bases in the National High School Invitational as the Eagles won the tournament.

Professional career

Anthony was considered a top prospect for the 2022 MLB draft, and was selected 79th overall by the Boston Red Sox. He signed with the team and received an over-slot signing bonus of $2.5 million. After signing, Anthony was assigned to the Rookie-level Florida Complex League Red Sox to begin his professional career. He was later promoted to the Salem Red Sox of the Single-A Carolina League.

Anthony returned to Salem at the beginning of the 2023 season. He batted .228 with one home run and 18 RBIs in 42 games played with Salem and was promoted to the High-A Greenville Drive. Anthony was promoted a second time to the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs after hitting .294 with 12 home runs, 38 RBIs, and 41 runs scored in 54 games played with Greenville. He finished the season with a .272 batting average and 14 home runs with 64 RBIs and 78 runs scored. Anthony was recognized as the Red Sox' minor-league hitter of the year for 2023.

Anthony began the 2024 season with Portland, ranked as the Red Sox' number two minor-league prospect by ''Baseball America''. In August, he was promoted to the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox, along with fellow-prospects Marcelo Mayer and Kyle Teel. At the time of his promotion, Anthony had posted a .269/.367/.489 slash line with Portland. In September, Anthony was named the top prospect in baseball by ''Baseball America'', replacing Junior Caminero due to the latter's time on a major-league roster.

The Red Sox invited Anthony to 2025 spring training. He was assigned to Worcester to begin the season, slashing .288/.423/.491 with 10 home runs and 29 RBIs. On June 7, 2025, Anthony belted a 497-foot grand slam home run against the Rochester Red Wings, which was the longest blast in professional baseball to that point in the year. On June 9, Anthony made his major-league debut for Boston, going hitless in four at-bats with an RBI groundout against the Tampa Bay Rays. At age 21 years and 27 days, Anthony was the youngest Red Sox player to make his debut since Rafael Devers, who debuted at age 20 years and 274 days. On June 10, Anthony's uniform number was changed from 48 to 19. The same day, Anthony recorded his first MLB hit, a two-RBI double in the first inning off of Rays pitcher Ryan Pepiot. Anthony's firs
career home run
with the Boston Red Sox was on June 16, 2025 against the Seattle Mariners.

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Profile
at SoxProspects.

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2004 births
Living people
Baseball players from West Palm Beach, Florida
Boston Red Sox players
Florida Complex League Red Sox players
Greenville Drive players
Major League Baseball outfielders
Portland Sea Dogs players
Salem Red Sox players
Worcester Red Sox players
21st-century American sportsmen