Red Sox prospect Roman Anthony has disastrous start to MLB life with costly error on debut

The wait is over for the Boston Red Sox fans as baseball's No. 1 prospect, Roman Anthony, was called up to the senior team ahead of Monday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Speculation around Roman Anthony's promotion has been flying around since the season started. However, the front office decided against rushing the outfielder to the major leagues.

But Anthony's time in the outfield didn't go as planned on his MLB debut against the Rays in Monday's series opener. In the top of the fifth inning, with a runner in scoring position, Rays' Yanier Diaz drilled Bryan Bello's sinker toward Anthony in right field.

Anthony dashed to collect the ball but failed to grab it as the ball went through his mitts, and the Rays capitalized by scoring a run and taking a 3-0 lead in the series opener.

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The promising outfielder was selected by the Red Sox in the 2022 MLB draft and was invited to the team's spring training this year. He returned to Triple-A Worcester when the season started and impressed with a .288 average, 10 home runs, 29 RBI, and a .914 OPS in 58 games.

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Chaitanya Prakash is an editor who covers US Sports at Sportskeeda. His first brush with sportswriting was in 2012 when the greatest football manager of all time, Sir Alex Ferguson, bid farewell to the beautiful game.

Although having started out professionally as a cricket writer in 2022, Chaitanya's curiosity and indiscriminate interest in all sports in general eventually introduced him to America's favorite pastime.

While Chaitanya's favorite player from the current crop is the dynamic Venezuelan Ronald Acuna Jr., his all-time favorite, however, is Pedro Martinez, for his self-belief and consistency. He also rates Jose Bautista's iconic bat flip in 2015 as his favorite moment in baseball history.

Chaitanya specializes in reporting on technical aspects of the game or analyzing patterns behind specific plays. He also likes pondering over players' self-assessments following the conclusion of a game as it helps him get an idea of how they think about the sport in general.

When not cheering for his favorites across sports, Chaitanya likes being transported to the past through a good war documentary or a historical documentary in general.

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Edited by Chaitanya Prakash