{"id":63129,"date":"2025-08-06T17:49:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T17:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/63129\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T17:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T17:49:08","slug":"outfielder-roman-anthony-finalizing-8-year-130-million-contract-extension-with-red-sox-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/63129\/","title":{"rendered":"Outfielder Roman Anthony finalizing 8-year, $130 million contract extension with Red Sox: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Outfielder Roman Anthony made his MLB debut earlier this season. Now the 21-year-old’s finalizing an eight-year, $130 million contract extension with the Boston Red Sox, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The deal is set to start in 2026, and it’s slated to include escalators that could make the contract worth as much as $230 million, according to Passan, who also reported Wednesday that the deal includes a club option and would keep Anthony under team control through 2034.<\/p>\n

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In 46 games this season, Anthony is slashing .283\/.400\/.428 with two home runs and 19 RBI.<\/p>\n

The Red Sox drafted Anthony out of high school 79th overall in the second round of the 2022 MLB Draft. They signed him to a $2.5 million deal. He eventually became the sport’s top minor-league prospect, with both Baseball America and MLB Pipeline ranking him the No. 1 this June ahead of his call-up to the bigs.<\/p>\n

Two days before he made his first Boston Red Sox appearance, he went viral for hitting a 497-foot grand slam<\/a> that had an exit velocity of 115.6 mph and that put his Triple-A Worcester Red Sox ahead in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Rochester Red Wings.<\/p>\n

Anthony debuted in the majors on June 9 in Fenway Park versus the Tampa Bay Rays.<\/p>\n

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