Roman Anthony Extension: Red Sox locks the star recruit on an eight -year contract, $ 130 million until 2033

The Boston Red Sox and the young Voltueur Roman Anthony are active on a contract extension of $ 130 million over eight years which includes a team option of $ 30 million and could keep Anthony under the control of the club throughout the 2034 season, the team announced on Wednesday. The agreement will take place through the 29 -year age season and its 30 -year season if the club option is exercised. Mechanical stairs based on things such as prices vote and stars selections could increase the total figure up to $ 230 million.

“I couldn’t think of a better city to play for the next eight to nine years in my life,” said Anthony at a press conference on Wednesday. “It’s really a special place to play and a special place to present yourself every day.”

Recruit Anthony, 21, has entered the 2025 season as the first prospect of all baseball according to some assessors, including CBS Sports. In 46 games since his call in Boston on June 9, Anthony reduced .283 / .400 / .428 (132 ops +) with a pair of circuits and 15 doubles. He saved production with strong underlying indicators in the shot balls. More specifically, Anthony has so far sees an average output speed out of the 94.1 MPH bat, an average bat speed of 74.4 MPH and a hard speed of 58% – the elite on all accounts, although in a limited sample. In addition, he showed a mature approach on the plate, because he worked an involuntary walk in an impressive 13.7% of his appearances on the plate. All this is added to a high consideration of recruit of the year (+2000, by Draftkings).

A former second round choice in a Florida high school, Anthony in minors has set up an OPS of 0.879 in certain parts of Four Seasons, although it is much younger than its peer group with each stop. Here is what our RJ Anderson wrote about Anthony in the current season:

Anthony has a lot of work in his favor. He will not celebrate his 21st birthday before the summer, but he already has the author of an impressive section of 35 games in Triple-A, during which he recorded a .983 OPS and a walk for each withdrawal. Its advanced metrics, including its output speed of the 90th centile and its percentage of contact in the area, align with those published by James Wood and Junior Caminero; Its rate of prosecution, on the other hand, was higher than both. (Wood and Caminero then strike well in the majors.) If there is an area where Anthony could obviously improve, this must be as far as the ball is drawn in the air. He has an immense brute force, the genre that could possibly lead to more than 30 circuits per year; It was then the rise in eyebrows that it only drew 4% of its triple-a-fly balls (the MLB average last season was greater than 9%). This ranking is a bet on the youth and the talent of Anthony allowing him to understand this component in the coming years.

This season, Anthony’s arrival and emergence helped the Red Sox will get back in the running. Three days before Anthony’s arrival, Boston slipped to the first five games of the season under .500. From this low point, however, the SOXs have gone 35-17. Currently, they occupy the best point of Joker in the American League and drag the Blue Jays from first place by only three games in the Al East race.

Applicating further, Anthony is the latest member of the SOX Rising Young Core to engage in the club in the long term. Center Fielder Ceddanne Rafaela is signed through at Least the 2031 Season, and Infielder/Outfielder Kristian Campbell is also signed through at Least 2031. As well, Lefty Ace Garrett Crochet, Who’s Still Just 26 Years of Age, Is Also Signred Through at 2031. Anthony Had Been in Line for Free Agency After that Same Season, 2031, but Now That’s Been Pushed Back Until at Least The Dissessation of 2034-35.

At another level, Anthony’s signing marks a news of news after the team’s best team striker, Rafael Devers. Devere himself had been signed for a long-term extension, and the trade of him in San Francisco was largely unpopular to the Boston fans base. Since then, however, the team’s push and now engagement to Anthony, the most ballyhoo of the young Boston talents, have transformed this particular page.