Crimson Sox
Roman Anthony slugged a house run over 430 toes on Thursday in opposition to the Rays.
The way forward for the Crimson Sox’ lineup flexed their muscle mass Thursday evening in Port Charlotte, Florida, as Boston’s “Massive Three” prospects in Roman Anthony, Kristian Campbell, and Marcelo Mayer all homered in the course of the Crimson Sox’ Spring Breakout sport in opposition to the Rays.
Whereas Boston finally got here up quick, 7-5, to Tampa within the annual prospect showcase, the Crimson Sox’ projected pillars for the longer term all impressed at Charlotte Sports activities Park.
Campbell (MLB.com’s No. 7 prospect) and Mayer (No. 12 prospect) kicked issues off within the high of the third inning — with Campbell swatting an opposite-field, two-run homer to proper off of Tampa prospect Trevor Harrison. Within the very next-at bat, Mayer bashed a pitch from Harrison over the right-field fence for back-to-back homers.
However it was Anthony — MLB.com’s No. 2 prospect — who capped issues off within the fifth inning with a moonshot into proper. As one fan within the stands chanted “overrated!”, Anthony drilled an providing 434 toes that cleared the stadium’s concourse and bounced off the roof of one other constructing.
“Yeah, it’s not the primary time, I’ve heard that this spring. It’s all the time humorous, however that’s a part of it,” Anthony stated of the heckling when requested by Mac Cerullo of the Boston Herald, including: “In the event that they’re saying one thing — it’s all the time a very good factor should you’re related.”
“That was sick,” Mayer added of Anthony’s well-timed dwelling run.
Whereas it stays to be seen when Campbell and the remainder of the “Massive Three” will step as much as the plate at Fenway Park this season, Crimson Sox senior director of participant improvement Brian Abraham instructed Cerullo that the Spring Breakout gives a fantastic platform for Boston’s subsequent wave of expertise to construct some momentum heading into regular-season play.
“A few guys in large league camp, some guys coming over from the (Dominican Republic) for the primary time, A-ball all the best way as much as Triple-A, so to have the ability to play on the identical workforce is fairly cool,” Abraham instructed Cerullo. “And clearly below the lights, in entrance of numerous followers, on TV, these alternatives don’t come round too usually if you’re within the minor leagues. So it’s actually particular, actually superior alternative that Main League Baseball has supplied us.”
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