It’s only been a couple of weeks, but I’m ready to make it official: with Alex Bregman on the shelf and Rafael Devers having traded chowder for cioppino, Roman Anthony is currently the best hitter on the Red Sox.
The surface-level results aren’t there yet — not even close. But there’s a saying that one should never scout the stat line, and that saying appears to have been coined with Anthony in mind.
It was 2023 when Anthony first blew up on the prospect scene like a Roman candle (Ed. Note: Ha ha!).