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ESPN Information Companies
Jun 8, 2025, 12:03 AM ET
Boston Red Sox followers preserve hoping prime prospect Roman Anthony will get promoted to the majors.
What he did for Triple-A Worcester on Saturday evening was the most recent proof of why.
Anthony, ESPN’s No. 1-rated prospect, smashed a 497-foot grand slam for the WooSox in a 10-4 victory over Rochester throughout an Worldwide League recreation in Worcester, Massachusetts.
The 21-year-old put the WooSox forward 9-4 within the eighth inning when he drove a 91.1 mph sinker from Carlos Romero deep over the right-center-field wall, a drive that left his bat at 115.6 mph.
In line with Statcast, that was the longest house run in affiliated baseball this season.
“Bought it and did not actually miss it,” Anthony mentioned, in keeping with the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester. “So, it felt nice.”
Added WooSox supervisor Chad Tracy: “That ball was murdered.”
Within the majors in 2025, just one house run has traveled over 475 toes — a 484-footer hit by Mike Trout in opposition to the San Francisco Giants on April 19.
And since Statcast began monitoring within the main leagues in 2015, solely Nomar Mazara (505 toes in 2019), Giancarlo Stanton (504 toes in 2016), C.J. Cron (504 toes in 2022) and Christian Yelich (499 toes in 2022) have hit longer massive league homers than Anthony’s on Saturday evening.
A second-round choose within the 2022 newbie draft, Anthony is batting .290 with 10 homers and 29 RBIs in 57 video games this season. He has two grand slams.
Data from The Related Press was used on this report.
