Roman Anthony was driven back to Boston last night and had imaging that revealed multiple new strains in his hand plus a re-aggravation of the old injury. He is out for the foreseeable future.
Roman Anthony is batting .500 in his first 4 games off the IL. He has multiple hits in all of them.
9-for-18
1 HR
2 2B
1 3B
293 wRC+
He’s already brought his wRC+ for 2026 up to 120. 62.5% HardHit% and 94.4 EV over the last 4 games.
Since Roman Anthony has return off the IL, these are the exit velocities on all of his hits:
101.6 (double)
109.0 (single)
101.2 (double)
106.5 (triple)
110.3 (single)
102 (double)
There’s also a 102.9 EV on a groundout and 97 EV lineout mixed in. Back to smoking baseballs.
Jarren Duran over his last 30 games:
118 PA
.273/.316/.464/.780
5 HR
4 2B, 1 3B
25.3 K%
5.7 BB%
110 wRC+
3/4 SB
In the month of August, that jumps up to an .839 OPS and 126 wRC+. Also, his 17 RBI in the 9th inning or later this season leads all of MLB.