Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony made his first World Baseball Classic appearance with Team USAA on Friday night. Team USA won against Team Brazil 15-5 in their first game of the Classic. Anthony went 2-4 with 2 RBI’s in his first ever game with Team USA. Anthony only 21-years-old has impressed since being called-up in June 2025 with Boston. He was named an injury replacement in the World Baseball Classic after Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Corbin Carroll suffered an injury during Spring Train
Brock, I think when healthy Contreras is a good add. Based on his history in the game, even at DH and 1B his body is subject to historical levels of wear and tear, so I put his GP over/under at 108 since 135 seemed like a career year. I believe we bought high. We have to hope 2/3 of a player can be back filled by Casas, Yoshida and Abreu the lefty platoon player.
We are not ready to win the playoffs - We should get in but we can't win with the current lineup. We have a DH with little power hitting 227 and a replacement first baseman hitting 219. (Yoshida/Lowe). We scored 4 runs in 2 games against good pitching - Just like you will see against playoff teams. I like our young pitching but we must get replacements for the 2 mentioned hitters thru free agency or trade to contend. Don't see a solution in our farm system. Those two spots need to hit with power.