If rookie outfielder Roman Anthony’s 27 extra-base hits, 32 RBI, 40 walks, and .292 batting average across 71 games with the Red Sox in 2025 weren’t impressive enough to you, let David Ortiz convince you about the 21-year-old’s potential.
Ortiz, a three-time World Series champion with the Red Sox and a member of MLB’s 500 home run club, paid attention to Anthony’s short but memorable first professional season this past year. He liked what he saw from the former first-round draft pick.
“When you have a guy that talented, that young and that mature, that’s the full package,” Ortiz said on the “Fenway Rundown” podcast.