Top Boston Red Sox outfield prospect Roman Anthony has been holding down the designated hitter slot in Triple-A Worcester\u2019s lineup since April 11.<\/p>\n
Chris Henrique of\u00a0Boston Sports Journal\u00a0<\/em>reported on April 17 that Anthony has been dealing with \u201cminor right shoulder soreness\u201d that has kept him out of the outfield for nearly a week. Any pain he may be experiencing doesn\u2019t seem to be impacting his game, though.<\/p>\n Anthony went 7-for-12 with one strikeout in his three appearances for the WooSox between April 11-15. On April 17, he put any concerns about his shoulder to bed, with two homers in his first three at-bats. The second blast of the afternoon was a grand slam to give the WooSox a commanding 8-0 lead over Triple-A Rochester.<\/p>\n Anthony\u2019s first homer left his bat at 107.9 miles per hour and flew 410 feet to center field.\u00a0In the video the WooSox posted to Twitter,\u00a0it appears the bomb took out an outfield camera to add a little comedy to his dominance.<\/p>\n The Red Sox\u2019s offense has been underwhelming\u00a0since their sweep of the Cardinals at Fenway Park \u2014 Jarren Duran, Rafael Devers,\u00a0Triston Casas and a few other of Boston\u2019s bats\u00a0have struggled to start the season. Anthony\u2019s recent offensive explosion\u00a0has Sox fans clamoring for him to be called up,\u00a0despite his shoulder ailment.<\/p>\n His recent injury isn\u2019t the only reason the Red Sox haven\u2019t been able to call Anthony up. Boston\u2019s outfield is jam-packed, and Devers isn\u2019t leaving the DH slot anytime soon. Before the top prospect gets his moment, the Red Sox have to find something to do with Duran, Wilyer Abreu, Ceddanne Rafaela or Rob Refsnyder. Rafaela seems like the clear odd man out due to his .211\/.274\/.246 slash line, but the Sox extended him to the tune of eight years and $50 million last year. His Glove is also elite and he\u2019s single-handedly saved the Red Sox from a lot of damage in center field. Still, he may be the easiest candidate to be optioned for Anthony.<\/p>\n It will be interesting to see how much longer the Red Sox can justify keeping their top prospect in Worcester. He\u2019s still just a month removed from turning 21 and has plenty of time to make an impact for the team, but even with an injured shoulder, he\u2019s inevitable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MLB Monterrey Series: Boston Red Sox v Sultanes de Monterrey | Maddie Malhotra\/Boston Red Sox\/GettyImages Top Boston Red Sox outfield prospect Roman Anthony has been holding down…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\nTop Red Sox prospect Roman Anthony slugs two homers with sore right shoulder<\/h2>\n