Roman Anthony

Bats L Throws R6'3" 200 lbBorn 2004 West Palm Beach, USADebut 2025Team BOSDraft 2022 R2C #79 Boston Red Sox, Marjory Stoneman Douglas HSContract 8 y/$130M (26-33)+34 cl opt 2026: $2,650,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 99.5FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal 0.99 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	388	334	87	18	2	11	49	96	4	0.259	0.355	0.425	0.780	0.166	0.344	24.7	12.5	115.6	1.95
2027	328	283	70	14	1	9	40	83	4	0.248	0.345	0.406	0.752	0.158	0.333	25.3	12.3	113.4	1.56

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 21

His ten closest age-21 comparables averaged 111 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Hal Trosky	1934	142.8	97.9	680
2	Bob Hale	1955	119.7	58.9	223
3	John Olerud	1990	116.9	112.2	541
4	Jack Fournier	1914	122.9	170.9	514
5	Art Shires	1928	124.1	107.6	392
6	Gene Hasson	1937	125.6	113.4	82
7	Whitey Lockman	1948	123.3	112.1	685
8	Rod Carew	1967	115.0	93.6	492
9	Freddie Freeman	2011	118.1	113.0	620
10	Adam Dunn	2001	137.3	125.8	676

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			328		70	14	1	9		4	40	83	0.248	0.345	0.406	0.752	113.4
2026*	BOS	30	130	12	25	5	1	1		2	20	33	0.229	0.354	0.321	0.675	97.1
2025	BOS	71	303	48	75	18	1	8	32	4	40	84	0.292	0.396	0.463	0.859	144.6
Career		71	303	48	75	18	1	8	32	4	40	84	0.292	0.396	0.463	0.859	144.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	130	92.3	8.3	9.3	47.4	28.1	21.6	0.262	0.410	0.352	27.4
2025	303	94.5	6.9	15.6	60.3	29.8	20.1	0.258	0.484	0.372	27.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	BOS	OF	55	442	91	2	1	0	0.989

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Bat	265	10 HR, 3 SB	0.288	0.914
2024	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Bat	164	3 HR, 5 SB	0.344	0.982
2024	AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Bat	376	15 HR, 16 SB	0.269	0.856
2023	AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Bat	44	1 HR, 3 SB	0.343	1.020
2023	A+	Greenville Drive	Bat	245	12 HR, 2 SB	0.294	0.981
2023	A	Salem Red Sox	Bat	202	1 HR, 11 SB	0.228	0.692
2022	A	Salem Red Sox	Bat	43	0 HR, 0 SB	0.189	0.522
2022	Rk	FCL Red Sox	Bat	40	0 HR, 1 SB	0.429	0.961

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.301	0.318	0.327	0.300
2025	0.339	0.409	0.372	0.399

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.