On Wednesday afternoon, Jeff Passan dropped a rare, post-trade deadline bombshell: the Red Sox were finalizing an eight-year, $130 million contract extension with former No. 1 overall prospect Roman Anthony.
After a lot of weird stalling, Anthony made his debut on June 9 and is just about matching expectations. He's batting .283 with an .828 OPS, 15 doubles, a triple, two homers, and 19 RBI in his first 46 games. Although he was the last of the Red Sox's Big Three (Anthony, Marcelo Mayer, and Kristian Campbell) to get his major league debut, he's the first the team is locking up this early.