Roman Anthony on Monday had an eventful MLB debut for the unsuitable causes.
MLB’s No. 1 general prospect made his highly anticipated debut for the Boston Red Sox towards the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park in Boston. As a substitute of getting handled to some first-game fireworks courtesy of Anthony, Crimson Sox followers witnessed the 21-year-old commit a pricey blunder in proper subject.
With the Rays main 2-0 within the high of the fifth inning, Tampa Bay slugger Yandy Diaz got here as much as the plate with a person on first and two outs towards Crimson Sox starter Brayan Bello. Diaz hit a rope to proper subject that had an exit velocity of 111.2 mph off the bat.
Anthony ran towards the ball, not realizing how onerous it had been hit. The ball went proper beneath his glove, which allowed Brandon Lowe to attain from first on a fielding error.