{"id":59798,"date":"2025-06-05T21:55:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T21:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=59798"},"modified":"2025-06-05T21:55:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T21:55:35","slug":"red-sox-prospect-blasted-on-social-media-for-awkward-taylor-swift-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=59798","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Prospect Blasted on Social Media for Awkward Taylor Swift Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Roman-Anthony.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Roman-Anthony.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Roman-Anthony.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Roman-Anthony.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Red Sox Prospect Blasted on Social Media for Awkward Taylor Swift Moment\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Boston Red Sox prospect Roman Anthony<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You\u2019re never too young, too famous, or too talented to get hazed for hiding in a laundry cart. Just ask <\/span>Roman Anthony <span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a move straight out of the Taylor Swift playbook, the <\/span>Boston Red Sox <span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019s top prospect sparked a social media flare-up this week when <\/span>video surfaced of him <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> being rolled out of Polar Park in a laundry bin\u00a0\u2013\u00a0all in an apparent attempt to avoid fans on his way to the team bus after the Worcester Red Sox Triple-A\u00a0game on Sunday.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It was playful. It was weird. It was, depending on who you ask, either genius or disrespectful.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But one thing it wasn\u2019t? Quiet.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI was just joking around,\u201d Anthony <\/span>told reporters on Tuesday <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> after the video went viral. \u201cDidn\u2019t think it would be that big of a deal.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Roman Anthony Addresses Backlash From Hiding in Laundry Cart to Avoid Fans<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The internet disagreed. Pretty vehemently.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One user on X (formerly Twitter) wrote, \u201cToo good to say hi to people that have stood outside waiting to see him. Not cool.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Another chimed in, \u201cAre you trying to make us hate #romananthony before he even gets to Boston? If he can\u2019t handle 10 Worcester fans he will never survive in Boston\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A third said, \u201cThis video is a disappointment on so many levels. I get its trying to be funny but it pokes at some big issues. Certainly not professional behavior.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It was supposed to be a light moment. Instead, it became a Rorschach test for everything fans feel\u00a0\u2013\u00a0good and bad\u00a0\u2013\u00a0about the modern minor-league superstar.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And Roman Anthony, for better or worse, is very much that.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Anthony, who turned 21 on May 13, is tearing the cover off the ball in Worcester. Entering Thursday\u2019s game, he is slashing .296\/.422\/.493 with nine home runs and a .915 OPS, showing off the advanced approach that has scouts and executives convinced he\u2019ll be a future All-Star in Boston. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The only question is, why isn\u2019t Anthony already playing at Fenway Park?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Roman Anthony Remains in Triple-A While Red Sox Struggle for Wins<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He is the <\/span>No. 1 prospect in all of baseball <span data-contrast=\"auto\">, has been for a while, and all Anthony has done at the Triple-A level is prove that he should not still be at the Triple-A level. Appearing Thursday on <\/span>the Red Sox-focused Section 10 podcast <span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Jeff Passan of ESPN questioned the lack of urgency from a Red Sox team, picked by many to win the AL East, that is <\/span>struggling at 30-34 <span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 9.0 games behind the Yankees for the division lead and 4.0 games out of the final wild card spot.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIt\u2019s probably going to take 85 to 87 wins to get that last playoff spot, and every day Roman Anthony is not in the big leagues, that\u2019s a day that he could have won a game for this team,\u201d Passan said. \u201cEvery day he hits a home run in Worcester in the ninth inning to walk it off, whatever it is, that\u2019s a day he could have been doing it with the Boston Red Sox, and at the end of the year, they fall two or three games short of the playoffs, God forbid one game short of it, they\u2019re just going to look back on it and say, \u2018What a wasted opportunity that was.\u2019\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And yet, team officials are still preaching patience. Asked on Tuesday by the hosts of the afternoon show on <\/span>WEEI Sports Radio Network <span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Red Sox manager Alex Cora acknowledged that Anthony is \u201ckicking\u201d in the door to the major leagues, but for whatever reason, the team is not ready to help him open it.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cRoman is doing well. He\u2019s getting better,\u201d Cora replied. \u201cAs of now, this is the roster that we have and we are gonna continue to maximize that.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It\u2019s that kind of patience that drives fans nuts,\u00a0especially as the team stumbles through a disappointing season and <\/span>struggles to find consistency <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in the outfield. Jarren Duran has cooled off. Wilyer Abreu has been streaky. Ceddanne Rafaela has not progressed offensively as the team would have liked.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And yet, Anthony remains in Triple-A \u2013 hiding in carts, not in right field at Fenway.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dave Benson Dave Benson is a longtime writer with over three decades of experience in a variety of mediums, including 15 years covering high school, collegiate and minor league sports in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Dave is also a licensed English teacher and spent a few years teaching at the middle school level. 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