{"id":198400,"date":"2025-09-04T02:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T02:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/198400\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T02:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T02:26:10","slug":"red-sox-roman-anthony-expected-to-miss-4-6-weeks-with-oblique-strain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/198400\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox’ Roman Anthony expected to miss 4-6 weeks with oblique strain"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIt\u2019s a pretty good strain,\u201d said Anthony, who was placed on the 10-day injured list. \u201cDon\u2019t know the timetable. Don\u2019t really know much other than to show up every day and do everything I can and trust the training staff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before the 8-1 loss to Cleveland<\/a>, manager Alex Cora said Anthony would be out 4-to-6 weeks. When asked what he could say to the 21-year-old to keep his spirits up, Cora said it was to envision playing in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. That\u2019s scheduled for Oct. 12.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAt one point he\u2019s going to be part of this. He\u2019s got to be patient,\u201d Cora said.<\/p>\n

Anthony was understandably downcast when discussing the injury before Wednesday night\u2019s game against the Guardians.<\/p>\n

He has hit .292 with an .859 OPS, 8 home runs, and 32 RBIs over 71 games since making his major league debut in June, establishing himself as one of the best rookies in the game.<\/p>\n

He was named the American League Rookie of the Month for August on Wednesday. Earlier in the month, Anthony agreed to an eight-year, $130 million extension<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now he\u2019s on the injured list along with fellow star prospect Marcelo Mayer, who had season-ending surgery on his right wrist<\/a> on Aug. 20.<\/p>\n

Oblique strains are one of baseball\u2019s most troublesome injuries because they often reoccur unless fully healed. Playoffs or not, the Red Sox would have to be fully convinced Anthony is ready before activating him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve just got to be patient,\u201d Cora said. \u201cWe have to take care of the player. The team is secondary. First things first is getting him healthy. If he\u2019s ready to go; he\u2019s ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

No one player will replace Anthony, who has hit leadoff since late July and has a .439 on-base percentage in that spot.<\/p>\n

Cora said Jarren Duran would be a candidate to bat first against righthanded pitchers. Right field candidates include Wilyer Abreu, who has been on the injured list since Aug. 18 with a strained right calf.<\/p>\n

Abreu is hopeful of starting a running program this week, which would be a significant step in his return. He has hit .252 with an .811 OPS, 22 homers and 69 RBIs this season, and is one of the best defensive outfielders in the game.<\/p>\n

The Sox also have Masataka Yoshida, who has been primarily a designated hitter but has started three games in left field this season.<\/p>\n

Rob Refsnyder, who started in right field on Wednesday, also could see an uptick in playing time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll mix and match just like we\u2019ve done throughout the season,\u201d Cora said. \u201cWe\u2019ll be OK.\u201d<\/p>\n

Said Anthony: \u201cEveryone heals differently. I\u2019ll do everything I can every day to get back out there as fast as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peter Abraham can be reached at peter.abraham@globe.com<\/a>. Follow him on Bluesky at peteabeglobe.bsky.social\u202c.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s a pretty good strain,\u201d said Anthony, who was placed on the 10-day injured list. \u201cDon\u2019t know the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":198401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[3959,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-198400","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-red-sox","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115143664334150411","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}