Who is the Number 2 prospect in Major League Baseball, according to MLB.com?.It's Worcester Red Sox (Boston Red Sox Triple-A minor league affiliate) outfielder Roman Anthony.Anthony is a 20-year-old outfielder from North Palm Beach, Florida, who has quickly risen through the farm system. He could make his major-leagues debut this year.The Red Sox picked him in the third round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft out of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (Parkland, Florida). The Sox team gave him a $2.5 million signing bonus. NewBostonPost interviewed Anthony at Polar Park on Saturday, March 29.(This is NewBostonPost’s second Five Questions interview with Anthony, whom we interviewed in Hartford, Connecticut on April 27, 2024. You can read the first interview here.)It is below: 1. You hit three grand slams in one game at the Cooperstown Dreams Park as a kid. What that experience like and how'd you like Cooperstown? And when did you realize that baseball was going to take you places?It was fun. It was a great time. It was probably the most fun I ever had playing baseball as a kid. It was a great time.I think from a young age I was just better at baseball than all of the other sports I played. I tried to play every sport I could growing up, but I always had a feeling it would be baseball. 2. Is there anyone you'd be most excited to face in the big leagues and if so, who?I always say Shohei [Ohtani] just because when he's back doing it on both sides, I think it would be pretty cool to face him and then the next day see him in the lineup hitting. That's pretty amazing and you don't see that ever, so probably him. 3. You were in high school during the coronavirus pandemic, including when the world shut down in 2020. How'd you keep your baseball skills fresh during that time?Bought a gym at my house, actually. Bought a bunch of stuff and took advantage of the fact that not everybody was able to do that. I think that just getting after it a ton in the weight room during that time -- and lucky for me, I was still pretty young at that time -- so I still had some time. Obviously, some guys got screwed over from that, but for me, it was fine. 4. You've played all three outfield positions in the Red Sox farm system. Given Fenway Park's crazy dimensions, a 37-foot high Green Monster in left field, a 420-foot marker on the center field wall, and a huge right field, what sticks out about playing the outfield in the Red Sox organization?Yeah, I think anywhere in our field is pretty unique. You talk about center field, there's all the room and the bullpen out there and then right field is practically another center field. For us, it's great. I think it's why our defenders at the top level are so good at what they do because they take pride in how unique our field is -- and I think when you go anywhere else, it kind of makes it a little easier that you don't have all of these elements playing in, but it only helps us. 5. What's been your most memorable fan interaction to date?I think it's gotta be last year in Double-A: I was asked to sign a baby. That was pretty strange, but I've had a ton I really didn't expect, but it's all fun.
Who is the Number 2 prospect in Major League Baseball, according to MLB.com?.It's Worcester Red Sox (Boston Red Sox Triple-A minor league affiliate) outfielder Roman Anthony.Anthony is a 20-year-old outfielder from North Palm Beach, Florida, who has quickly risen through the farm system. He could make his major-leagues debut this year.The Red Sox picked him in the third round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft out of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (Parkland, Florida). The Sox team gave him a $2.5 million signing bonus. NewBostonPost interviewed Anthony at Polar Park on Saturday, March 29.(This is NewBostonPost’s second Five Questions interview with Anthony, whom we interviewed in Hartford, Connecticut on April 27, 2024. You can read the first interview here.)It is below: 1. You hit three grand slams in one game at the Cooperstown Dreams Park as a kid. What that experience like and how'd you like Cooperstown? And when did you realize that baseball was going to take you places?It was fun. It was a great time. It was probably the most fun I ever had playing baseball as a kid. It was a great time.I think from a young age I was just better at baseball than all of the other sports I played. I tried to play every sport I could growing up, but I always had a feeling it would be baseball. 2. Is there anyone you'd be most excited to face in the big leagues and if so, who?I always say Shohei [Ohtani] just because when he's back doing it on both sides, I think it would be pretty cool to face him and then the next day see him in the lineup hitting. That's pretty amazing and you don't see that ever, so probably him. 3. You were in high school during the coronavirus pandemic, including when the world shut down in 2020. How'd you keep your baseball skills fresh during that time?Bought a gym at my house, actually. Bought a bunch of stuff and took advantage of the fact that not everybody was able to do that. I think that just getting after it a ton in the weight room during that time -- and lucky for me, I was still pretty young at that time -- so I still had some time. Obviously, some guys got screwed over from that, but for me, it was fine. 4. You've played all three outfield positions in the Red Sox farm system. Given Fenway Park's crazy dimensions, a 37-foot high Green Monster in left field, a 420-foot marker on the center field wall, and a huge right field, what sticks out about playing the outfield in the Red Sox organization?Yeah, I think anywhere in our field is pretty unique. You talk about center field, there's all the room and the bullpen out there and then right field is practically another center field. For us, it's great. I think it's why our defenders at the top level are so good at what they do because they take pride in how unique our field is -- and I think when you go anywhere else, it kind of makes it a little easier that you don't have all of these elements playing in, but it only helps us. 5. What's been your most memorable fan interaction to date?I think it's gotta be last year in Double-A: I was asked to sign a baby. That was pretty strange, but I've had a ton I really didn't expect, but it's all fun.
