Red Sox Make Roman Anthony Announcement After Rafael Devers Trade
Red Sox Make Roman Anthony Announcement After Rafael Devers Trade originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
The Rafael Devers era came to an abrupt end on Sunday when the Boston Red Sox shipped their star player off in a trade that rocked the MLB world, but the team's next era could just be starting.
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Just one day after the Red Sox sent Devers to the San Francisco Giants in a blockbuster trade, highly anticipated rookie Roman Anthony achieved a major career milestone. As the Red Sox announced, Anthony connected on his first MLB home run in a 2-0 win over the Seattle Mariners.
"Someone go get that ball!" the team shared in a post on X. "Roman Anthony's first Big League dinger!"
Anthony was ranked as the No. 1 prospect in the MLB when he was called up this month. The Red Sox may now need his production to help offset the loss of Devers, the team's best hitter.
Red Sox CEO Sam Kennedy spoke out on the Devers trade on Monday, saying the team just couldn't find a way to move forward with the disgruntled star who bristled at the team's attempt to move him to first base after already shifting him to the designated hitter spot this season.
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"In the end it was pretty clear that we couldn't find alignment with [Devers], is the truth," Kennedy told reporters on Monday, via CBS Sports.
"We all worked at it over the last several months going back to the offseason. ... We had a different vision for him going forward than he had, and we couldn't get there. We couldn't find alignment, and we reached that inflection point and made the decision to make a big move."
Related: David Ortiz Reacts to Red Sox Trading Rafael Devers to Giants
This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 17, 2025, where it first appeared.
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