<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-soxs-lucas-giolito-thinks-roman-anthony-has-a-ton-of-promise-after-multi-hit-performance');   ga('set', 'title', 'Red Sox’s Lucas Giolito thinks Roman Anthony has “a ton of promise” after multi-hit performance');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Boston-Red-Sox-outfielder-Roman-Anthony-.jpg"><figcaption>Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Red Sox’s Lucas Giolito thinks Roman Anthony has “a ton of promise” after multi-hit performance</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-28T18:31:40-07:00">June 28th, 6:31pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-28T18:31:40-07:00">June 28th, 6:31pm</time><address><a>Zachary Howell</a>Zachary Howell is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints focusing on creating premier MLB content. He is a big fan of the Yankees, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Syracuse Orange. In his free time, he likes to be outside or read.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Boston Red Sox blew out the Toronto Blue Jays 15-1 on Saturday. After pitching seven shutout innings, Lucas Giolito earned his fourth win of the season. However, he gave most of the credit for the win to Boston’s offense, especially Roman Anthony. The rookie outfielder has struggled since <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-boston-calls-top-prospect-roman-anthony">Alex Cora called him up to the major leagues</a>. On Saturday, he played a great game.</p><p>Anthony entered the game with a batting average of .128. After having so much excitement around him when the Red Sox called him up, Boston’s top prospect fell short of expectations. He took advantage of Toronto’s shaky pitching on Saturday though, going 3-for-6 and scoring two runs in the game.</p><p>While talking with reporters after the game, Giolito gave the 21-year-old props for his performance, according to Mass Live’s Chris Costello. In his opinion, Anthony <a href="https://x.com/ChrisCotillo/status/1939120327650316473" rel="noopener">has worked hard</a> to overcome a slow start to his Major League Baseball career.</p><p>“He’s probably one of the most mature 21-year-old pro baseball players I’ve ever played with,” Giolito said. “Really good head on his shoulders, very even-keeled. I know up to this point he hasn’t been getting those counting stat results that he’s wanted. But he has been showing a ton of promise, really good at-bats. It’s good to see him do that today.”</p><p>After <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/giants-rafael-devers-blockbuster-red-sox-trade">Cora and the Red Sox traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants</a>, the pressure on Anthony increased. With the face of Boston’s franchise off the team, fans are searching for a new player to get behind. They hope that the trio of Anthony, Kristian Campbell, and Marcelo Mayer can help lead the team into the future.</p><p>While the Red Sox are still under .500, Saturday’s win snapped a six-game losing streak. Cora’s team is only two games out of the last American League Wild Card spot at the halfway point in the season.</p><p>With the trade deadline looming, the pressure is on Cora and the front office to keep the team competitive. Devers’ Boston exit wasn’t pretty, but the Red Sox have started to put it behind them. Third baseman Alex Bregman will return to Boston’s lineup soon, hopefully giving them the offensive kick-start they need.</p><p>If Anthony can ride the momentum of Saturday’s performance into future games, the future is bright. The rookie is just getting started in MLB. Giolito and others are excited to see just how far Anthony and the rest of the Red Sox’s young stars can take them.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Red Sox’s Lucas Giolito thinks Roman Anthony has “a ton of promise” after multi-hit performance

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-roman-anthony-thoughts-rafael-devers-extremely-clear-giants-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Roman Anthony makes his thoughts on Rafael Devers extremely clear after Red Sox-Giants trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Red-Sox-right-fielder-Roman-Anthony.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Roman Anthony makes his thoughts on Rafael Devers extremely clear after Red Sox-Giants trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-21T08:06:09-07:00">June 21st, 8:06am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-21T08:06:09-07:00">June 21st, 8:06am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli is a Senior Editor and NFL Lead at ClutchPoints, who also covers the NBA and MLB. He received his Masters in Business Administration Bachelor's degree in Sports Management from Nichols College. Previously, ran his own website, and had bylines at FanSided, Basketball Network, Athlon Sports, and The Sporting News. In addition to his work at ClutchPoints, Owen is also a Breaking News Writer at Heavy and a Content Producer for More Views Media.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In their first matchup against the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/giants-news-how-rafael-devers-perform-1st-game-red-sox">recently traded Rafael Devers</a>, the Boston Red Sox took down the San Francisco Giants 7-5 on Friday night. With that reverb of the blockbuster deal still being felt across the league, folks are still making sense of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/giants-news-rafael-devers-red-sox-savage-happiness-admission">stunning move that saw Devers head out west</a>. After the win, Red Sox star prospect Roman Anthony provided his take on the situation.</p><p>Devers’ relationship with Boston’s front office deteriorated in front of the public eye over the first few months of the season, and it got to the point where the team felt they were better off without him. In the process, they are placing a lot of faith in their young crop of new stars, with Anthony, the No. 1 prospect in baseball, headlining that group. Anthony didn’t spend a lot of time with Devers, but he was <a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/21/red-sox-phenom-roman-anthony-says-rafael-devers-always-great-to-me-before-trade-to-giants/" rel="noopener">very complimentary</a> when speaking about San Francisco’s new superstar slugger.</p><p>“I got to know him a little bit last year and spent time with him in camp this year. He was always great to me,” Anthony said of Devers. “He was always great to watch. Obviously when you have a hitter who’s generational like him, it’s great and you learn from watching him. You watch their routines. You watch how on-point they are with everything they do. How good his cage work is and everything he does, it’s no mistake why he is as good as he is.”</p><h2><b>Roman Anthony looking to help Red Sox move on from Rafael Devers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Alex-Bregman.jpg"><figcaption>David Butler II-Imagn Images.</figcaption></figure><p>Now that Devers is gone, Boston is banking on their big three of star prospects (Anthony, Marcelo Mayer, and Kristian Campbell) to rise up and become the new leaders of the team. It may take some time, but Anthony starred during his stint in the minor leagues, and he will be given all the opportunity in the world to figure things out moving forward now.</p><p>In his brief major league debut, Anthony has struggled to the tune of a .097 batting average, but he did pick up a crucial RBI single in their win over the Giants on Friday. Boston will surely be hoping that play gets him going, although they have been finding ways to win even amid his early struggles. After kicking off the series with a win, the Red Sox will have a shot to pick up their fifth straight series victory when they square off against the Giants at 4:05 p.m. ET on Saturday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Roman Anthony makes his thoughts on Rafael Devers extremely clear after Red Sox-Giants trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-roman-anthony-accomplished-feat-since-rafael-devers-mariners');   ga('set', 'title', 'How Roman Anthony accomplished feat not seen since Rafael Devers vs. Mariners');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Red-Sox-Roman-Anthony-celebrates-home-run-against-Seattle-Mariners_daef70.jpg"><figcaption>Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><h1>How Roman Anthony accomplished feat not seen since Rafael Devers vs. Mariners</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-17T10:43:28-07:00">June 17th, 10:43am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-17T10:43:28-07:00">June 17th, 10:43am</time><address><a>Russell Steinberg</a>Russell Steinberg covers Major League Baseball and the New York Liberty for ClutchPoints. A baseball and basketball lifer, he has written for Boardroom, SLAM, SB Nation, The Next, and more. He graduated from NYU in 2012 and still returns to serve as PA announcer and occasional broadcaster for the school’s basketball and volleyball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>A day after the Boston <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-craig-breslow-shocking-confession-rafael-devers-trade-value">Red Sox shockingly traded Rafael Devers</a>, one of their team’s prized prospects did something no Sox player has done since, well, Devers himself.</p><p>At 21 years and 34 days old, Roman Anthony, the No. 1 prospect in Major League Baseball, became the youngest Boston player to homer since 2017 when Devers did so at age 20.</p><p>Anthony’s homer <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/roman-anthony-hits-first-career-home-run?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage" rel="noopener">came in the top of the first</a> inning in Seattle as the Red Sox defeated the Mariners, 2-0.</p><p>“It was awesome,” Anthony said after the game via MLB.com’s Ian Browne. “It was even better that we got a great win there. So it was great.”</p><p>The home run was only Anthony’s second Major League hit, coming in his seventh career game. It was also his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-red-sox-alex-cora-made-up-roman-anthony-first-hr">first game batting third</a>, one of the spots in the lineup typically reserved for the team’s star hitters.</p><p>“We were joking before the game,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “I made up that he texted me last night like, ‘Bruh, c’mon, hit me third.’”</p><h2><b>Red Sox begin the post-Rafael Devers era</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Rafael-Devers-last-game-with-the-Red-Sox.jpg"><figcaption>Eric Canha-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Though Devers batted second for the Red Sox, Anthony moving into the three-hole could be seen as a symbolic move, showing that Cora and the team is committed to letting their high-profile rookies try and win them games.</p><p>With Devers a member of the San Francisco Giants, 22-year-old Kristian Campbell took over the designated hitter duties. The rookie went 1-3.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-alex-cora-admission-lead-up-rafael-devers-trade">Devers’ hope to play third base</a> despite the team bringing in Alex Bregman in the offseason is believed to be what precipitated the deteriorating relationship between player and club. His refusal to move to first base when Triston Casas got hurt exacerbated the problem.</p><p>With Bregman on the injured list, another highly touted rookie, Marcelo Mayer, started at third base, going 0-4. Abraham Toro manned first and went 1-3 from the 2-hole with an RBI.</p><p>After beating the Mariners on Monday and sweeping the New York Yankees over the weekend, the Red Sox have now won six straight, moving them into position for an American League wild card spot. Unfortunately for them, they just traded their star slugger before the playoff push.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

How Roman Anthony accomplished feat not seen since Rafael Devers vs. Mariners

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-red-sox-alex-cora-made-up-roman-anthony-first-hr');   ga('set', 'title', 'What Red Sox skipper Alex Cora ‘made up’ about Roman Anthony before first HR');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Roman-Anthony-2.jpg"></figure><h1>What Red Sox skipper Alex Cora ‘made up’ about Roman Anthony before first HR</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-17T07:51:49-07:00">June 17th, 7:51am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-17T07:51:49-07:00">June 17th, 7:51am</time><address><a>Brayden Haena</a>Brayden Haena is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He's a die-hard San Francisco Giants fan and a football fanatic. In addition to sports writing, he works for Arizona Football in the Player Personnel and Recruiting department and formerly served as the Defensive Coordinator for Heritage High School.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/red-sox-news-alex-bregman-roman-anthony-homer-exit-velocity">prized rookie Roman Anthony struggling at the plate</a> since arriving in the majors, Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora figured some playful banter was in order Monday night.</p><p>“We were joking before the game,” Cora said. “I made up that he texted me last night like, ‘Bruh, c’mon, hit me third.'”</p><p>In reality, it was Cora’s decision to slot the 21-year-old into the No. 3 spot — a bold move in the Red Sox’s first game since trading star slugger Rafael Devers. And it paid off immediately.</p><p>In the top of the first inning, Anthony got a hold of a 96 mph fastball from Mariners starter Logan Gilbert and launched it 391 feet over the right-center field wall at T-Mobile Park <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/red-sox-news-roman-anthony-hits-1st-career-hr-boston-beat-mariners">for his first career MLB home run</a>. The blast helped lift Boston to a 2-0 win over Seattle, their sixth consecutive victory.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Roman Anthony goes deep for his first career home run! <a href="https://t.co/nRORmnyxrC">pic.twitter.com/nRORmnyxrC</a></p><p>— MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1934790002912772100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“It was awesome,” Anthony said after the game. “Even better that we got a great win there. So it was great.”</p><h2><b>Red Sox take down the Mariners in their first game post-Rafael Devers era</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Roman-Anthony-1-1.jpg"><figcaption>Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Anthony entered the night batting just .059 through his first six games, but his confidence never wavered. “I haven’t felt overmatched, so I’m not worried about it,” he said. “It was nice to get that first one out of the way today and look to keep this thing rolling.”</p><p>The timing of Anthony’s first big league homer wasn’t lost on anyone. Just one day earlier, Devers — who also hit his first career home run against Seattle back in 2017 — <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/rafael-devers-trade-grades-giants-red-sox">had been traded to the San Francisco Giants in a shocking blockbuster</a>. Anthony, now MLB Pipeline’s No. 1 prospect, is already being viewed as the heir apparent.</p><p>“I knew,” Anthony said with a smile when asked about the Devers coincidence. At 21 years and 34 days old, he became the youngest Red Sox player to homer since Devers did so at 20.</p><p>Cora said before the game that the club is committed to its youth movement. “This is who we are,” he explained. “We’re going to use the kids. They’re going to play. We love the at-bat [with Anthony]. He put a good swing on it. He’s not getting hits, but the at-bat is real.”</p><p>Anthony’s homer gave starter Lucas Giolito an early cushion, and the veteran delivered in return. Giolito tossed six shutout innings and struck out 10, including escaping a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the third by striking out the side.</p><p>For a Red Sox team trying to regroup after dealing its franchise cornerstone, Monday’s win was an encouraging statement — and Roman Anthony was at the heart of it.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

What Red Sox skipper Alex Cora ‘made up’ about Roman Anthony before first HR

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-roman-anthony-hits-1st-career-hr-boston-beat-mariners');   ga('set', 'title', 'Roman Anthony hits 1st career HR as Red Sox beat Mariners');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Red-Sox-Roman-Anthony-celebrates-home-run-against-Seattle-Mariners_daef70.jpg"><figcaption>Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><h1>Roman Anthony hits 1st career HR as Red Sox beat Mariners</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-17T07:23:37-07:00">June 17th, 7:23am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-17T07:28:56-07:00">June 17th, 7:28am</time><address><a>Yasmin Edañol</a>Yasmin D.G. Edañol is a PhD candidate in Chemistry at the University of the Philippines Diliman, with a background in scientific research and publishing. He brings a data-driven perspective to sports storytelling as an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints, with a focus on the NBA. Whether it's breaking down a clutch play or a stat line, he believes every great moment has a deeper layer waiting to be uncovered.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Top prospect <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-roman-anthony-mlb-debut-ovation">Roman Anthony was called up from Triple-A Worcester</a> to the Red Sox just a week ago. Now, he’s already turning heads in the big leagues.</p><p>The 21-year-old outfielder delivered a signature moment in just his seventh major-league game. Leading off the top of the first inning, Anthony crushed a 96-mph sinker from Seattle Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert over the right-center field wall. The 391-foot blast marked <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1934790002912772100" rel="noopener">his first career home run</a> and gave Boston an immediate 1-0 lead.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Roman Anthony FIRST CAREER HOMER <a href="https://t.co/92DsdfJ8gQ">pic.twitter.com/92DsdfJ8gQ</a></p><p>— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) <a href="https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1934789848495476989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>For Anthony, the milestone couldn’t have come at a better time. He entered the night just 1-for-19 and riding a 0-for-12 slump.</p><p>More significantly, the breakout came a day after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-fans-stunned-boston-travel-gesture-rafael-devers">Boston traded away longtime slugger Rafael Devers</a>, a move that left a glaring hole in the lineup. Anthony’s early fireworks, therefore, offered a timely jolt to a young Red Sox squad still in search of its identity.</p><p>Anthony is ranked as MLB Pipeline’s No. 1 overall prospect in their Top 100 rankings. While <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-red-sox-prospect-roman-anthony-blasts-triple-a-grand-slam-nearly-500-feet">Anthony had already flashed his potential in Triple-A</a>, including a 497-foot homer, this was different. It wasn’t just raw power. It was timing, confidence, and a glimpse of what could be the foundation for Boston’s next core.</p><p>Boston added to its lead in the third. With two outs, Jarren Duran ripped a triple down the right-field line. Moments later, Abraham Toro followed with an infield single to drive him in, pushing the lead to 2-0.</p><h2><b>Red Sox’s Lucas Giolito is dominant in win over Mariners</b></h2><p>Meanwhile, Lucas Giolito (3-1) anchored the win with a dominant performance. He tossed six shutout innings, allowing just three hits and one walk while striking out a season-high 10 batters. His most impressive sequence came in the third, when he escaped a bases-loaded jam by striking out the side, snuffing out the Mariners’ best scoring chance of the night.</p><p>The bullpen picked up right where Giolito left off. Justin Wilson, Greg Weissert, and Aroldis Chapman combined for three perfect innings to close it out. Chapman earned his 13th save in 14 chances, sealing Boston’s sixth consecutive win.</p><p>With Monday’s win, the Red Sox improved to 38-36 and crept closer to an AL Wild Card spot. Looking ahead, they’ll send Walker Buehler (5-4, 5.01 ERA) to the mound Tuesday with the Mariners countering with Bryan Woo (5-4, 3.39 ERA).</p><p>Ultimately, the season has a long way to go, but one thing is certain: Roman Anthony has arrived, and the future for the Red Sox just got a whole lot more exciting.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2025 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.206	1	10	0.715	0

2025 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.206	1	10	0.715	0

Roman Anthony

Latest Roman Anthony News

Red Sox’s Lucas Giolito thinks Roman Anthony has “a ton of promise” after multi-hit performance

Roman Anthony makes his thoughts on Rafael Devers extremely clear after Red Sox-Giants trade

How Roman Anthony accomplished feat not seen since Rafael Devers vs. Mariners

What Red Sox skipper Alex Cora ‘made up’ about Roman Anthony before first HR

Roman Anthony hits 1st career HR as Red Sox beat Mariners

Roman
Anthony