Roman Anthony’s take on Red Sox World Series expectations

Regardless of his youth, Roman Anthony isn’t losing time earlier than setting sights on the loftiest attainable goal for the Red Sox.

Talking in a spring training interview with WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show” on Friday, the 21-year-old outfielder outlined the stakes for Boston. Although he’s totaled simply 257 profession at-bats (in 71 video games as a rookie in 2025), Anthony already has a way of Pink Sox nation and the fervour throughout the fanbase.

“I believe that’s why we’re blessed to be right here,” Anthony instructed WEEI co-host Jermaine Wiggins. “You go searching at Fenway, whatever the document, whatever the rating, and it’s Tuesday evening and it’s offered out. The place is rocking 24/7. You go on the street and you’ll go to completely different locations and it may be a Friday evening on the weekend and also you go searching there’s nobody there and it’s useless.

“So that you notice how passionate these followers are and the way passionate the town is, and simply all of New England basically on the subject of sports activities,” he added. “For us specifically, we’re so grateful for the way in which that they present out each evening and the way in which that they help us and maintain us to a normal.”

Anthony famous that the gamers additionally maintain themselves accountable, particularly on the subject of the target for the season: Making it to the World Collection.

“On the identical time, we maintain ourselves to a really excessive normal,” stated Anthony. “We count on to go on the market and win day by day. Something wanting a World Collection for us is a failure. We all know that within the clubhouse. So on the identical time we’re clearly tremendous grateful for it, however we all know that we’re not too nervous about exterior expectations once we already put a giant expectation on ourselves.”

Heading into the 2026 season, the Pink Sox presently have an outsider’s likelihood on the World Collection, according to odds via DraftKings (15:1 odds, which locations six groups forward of Boston).

One of many important elements of the workforce that may probably decide its success is the Pink Sox offense. Going through questions after a disappointing offseason (which included the departure of third baseman Alex Bregman in free company), Boston will want gamers like Anthony to flourish. It may be asking numerous Anthony, who hit .292 with an .859 OPS a yr in the past.

Nonetheless, the previous prime prospect stated that the dialogue of the offense has already reached the workforce’s clubhouse.

“We’ve heard that a bit of bit within the clubhouse, and we sort of joke about it as a result of I believe we now have much more of an entire lineup than folks assume,” Anthony stated when requested in regards to the query marks going through the roster. “I believe the additions that we added had been precisely what we wanted. Discuss including guys like [Caleb] Durbin, guys who simply put the ball in play, [Isiah Kiner-Falefa], issues like that to simply assist our lineup to be a extra full lineup.”

“We’ve received an important lineup down there,” he added. “We imagine in ourselves. We all know what we stand for and what we’re making an attempt to do each single day. We all know what the end-goal is finally.”

The Pink Sox start the 2026 common season on March 26 in Cincinnati in opposition to the Reds at 4:10 p.m.