BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Pink Sox are calling up high prospect Roman Anthony two days after the 21-year-old outfielder hit a 497-foot grand slam for Triple-A Worcester.
Anthony will make his main league debut Monday evening at house in opposition to Tampa Bay, batting fifth and taking part in proper subject, supervisor Alex Cora mentioned.
A second-round choose within the 2022 beginner draft, Anthony is batting .288 with 10 homers and 29 RBIs in 58 video games this season.
The second grand slam of the season for Anthony put Worchester forward 9-4 within the eighth inning. He drove a 91.1 mph sinker from Carlos Romero deep over the right-center subject wall, a drive that left his bat at 115.6 mph.
Anthony hit the longest house run measured this yr by Statcast, which this season tracks the most important leagues, Triple-A and the Class A Florida State League.
Since Statcast began monitoring within the main leagues in 2015, solely Nomar Mazara (505 ft in 2019), Giancarlo Stanton (504 ft in 2016), C.J. Cron (504 ft in 2022) and Christian Yelich (499 ft in 2022) have hit longer massive league homers.
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