{"id":160218,"date":"2026-03-05T17:47:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=160218"},"modified":"2026-03-05T17:47:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:47:32","slug":"roman-anthonys-unexpected-take-on-his-season-ending-injury-red-sox-stars-words-shift-the-narrative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=160218","title":{"rendered":"Roman Anthony&#8217;s Unexpected Take on His Season-Ending Injury \u2013 Red Sox Star&#8217;s Words Shift the Narrative&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"overflow-hidden\" data-lead-image=\"true\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full\" title=\"Aug 27, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA;  Boston Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony (19) prepares to bat before the game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red Sox at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: James A. Pittman-Imagn Images\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_648,w_8256,h_4644\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/inside_the_red_sox\/01kjz6enh70vmwd0s1c4.jpg\" alt=\"Aug 27, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA;  Boston Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony (19) prepares to bat before the game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red Sox at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: James A. Pittman-Imagn Images\" width=\"8256\" height=\"4644\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-4 ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-grey font-group-tiny\" data-lead-image=\"true\">Aug 27, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Boston Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony (19) prepares to bat before the game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red Sox at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: James A. Pittman-Imagn Images | James A. Pittman-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\">There&#8217;s nothing teams and their fans fear more for young star players than injuries, and Boston Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony suffered a poorly-timed one last September.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">Anthony strained his oblique on an awkward swing in a Sep. 2 game against the Cleveland Guardians, and he missed the final month of the season, which concluded with an Oct. 2 playoff loss against the New York Yankees.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">While Anthony&#8217;s injury probably decimated the Red Sox&#8217;s chances of going deep in October, fans might be surprised to learn that the experience could have had a silver lining for the 21-year-old.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\"><em>If you like our content,\u00a0<\/em>choose Sports Illustrated as a preferred source on Google<em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\">Anthony talks about increased preparation<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_83,w_5943,h_3342\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/inside_the_red_sox\/01kjz6ravpermnymmkpm.jpg\" alt=\"Roman Anthony\" \/><\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>\u00a0Aug 29, 2025; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Red Sox right fielder Roman Anthony (19) rounds the bases after hitting a home run against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the fifth inning at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images | Eric Canha-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">Anthony recently told The Athletic&#8217;s Jen McCaffrey that his experience with injury prompted him to take his physical preparations for the grind of a 162-game more seriously, and the younger he learns those lessons, the better off he&#8217;ll likely be in the long run.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">\u201cIt was kind of a blessing in disguise in a sense because now it\u2019s understanding what you need to do to get your body ready,\u201d he said, per McCaffrey. \u201cThe last few years, I could go out and just take the field and not really stretch as much.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">&#8220;Over the course of 162, we have to be super responsible and super on top of everything, really trying to play 180 games and with that, you have to take care of your body, understand your diet, your sleep, the recovery side of things, the exercise and everything that goes into it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\">Specifically in regard to the oblique injury, Anthony reported that he changed up his warm-up routine to more vigorously rotate his obliques and lower back to reduce risk of future injury.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\">\u201cWhen I go take my first swing, I\u2019ve essentially already swung with the amount of rotating that I\u2019ve done and the amount of force that I\u2019ve used with different medicine balls and things that I\u2019ve done in the training room,\u201d he told McCaffrey. \u201cAll that stuff makes me feel more confident before I go out there and swing and play like I\u2019m ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\">Anthony&#8217;s swing involves a fairly abrupt braking action at the finish after a violent coil, so all of the emphasis on staying healthy is justified. If he plays 150-plus games a season, it&#8217;s hard to imagine he won&#8217;t soon be a top Most Valuable Player candidate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aug 27, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Boston Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony (19) prepares to bat before the game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Roman Anthony&#039;s Unexpected Take on His Season-Ending Injury \u2013 Red Sox Star&#039;s Words Shift the Narrative... - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=160218\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Roman Anthony&#039;s Unexpected Take on His Season-Ending Injury \u2013 Red Sox Star&#039;s Words Shift the Narrative... - NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Aug 27, 2025; 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