Imagine a rookie baseball player that made an instant impact, rallying his team to the best record in the league since his debut. Roman Anthony made his debut for the Boston Red Sox this past June 9, 2025 after playing 93 games in the minor leagues. Roman had a learning period, hitting 2 for 27 but impacted quickly after. According to Lauren Campbell of Yahoo!Sports, “in at No. 3 with one first place vote” on a top 5 rookie list. In 51 total games Roman Anthony was hitting .286 with an OPS of .827 and according to Lauren Campbell of Yahoo!Sports, “he became the first player with at least 20 extra base hits and at least 20 walks in his first 51 career games since Ted Williams in 1939.”
Boston had lost many players to injuries throughout the season. They lost several players to season ending injuries, players like Triston Casas and There was a lot of controversy about how Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow didn’t make any major trades before the deadline this year and that disappointed fans.
It’s hard to focus on the playoffs when they are losing more games since the injury of Roman Anthony. The Red Sox face the Blue Jays in the 2nd to last series in the season where they will have chance at making the playoffs.
According to Browne, “At this time each of the last three years, the Red Sox were prioritizing the future when it came to September baseball because that is what the standings said made the most sense to do.” With the combination of young players like Roman Anthony, Brayan Bello, Carlos Narvaez, Cedanne Rafaela and more as well as the veteran players like Garrett Crochet, Alex Bregman, Trevor Story, Aroldis Chapman. The Red Sox have a high chance of making the playoffs by the wildcard, but they also have a chance of winning their division and possibly getting a bye for the first round of playoffs but now that Roman is injured, fans’ beliefs in this team have gone down slightly.
Roman Anthony came into the MLB as the #1 prospect for not only the Red Sox but the entire MLB. After his debut, he became a favorite throughout all Boston fans and quickly entered lists for top 5 rookies in the entire league. His instant impact for the Red Sox brought the team into World Series conversations and a possible division lead over the Yankees and Blue Jays. Roman’s injury had a larger impact on the Red Sox than his impact when he made his debut. Without him, Boston has started to lose more games, especially after losing their last series against the Yankees even after winning every other series against them.
