We Have Seen Nowhere Near the Best from Roman Anthony.

[Cameron Tran]

After homering in back to back games this week against the Astro's, Romans triple slash sat at an impressive .286/.406/.451. Yet somehow you feel there is more in the tank? Coming into this series, Anthony had hit just 2 homeruns in his first 200 PAs. And so, despite the otherworldly on base ability, you wouldn't be wrong to say the best is yet to come from the 21 yr old. 

According to baseball savant, Roman Anthony has a pull air %, or how many fly balls Anthony pulls, of just 13.6%. Well below the average 16.7%. Moreover, Anthonys 52% GB rate and 39.7% Topped rate indicate the slugger has yet to establish himself as a consistent linedrive and homerun threat. This may be in part to his surprising struggles with pitches over the heart of the plate, notching a -5 run value on such pitches. This should improve as Anthony faces more pitching, but could be accelerated if he were to swing the bat more. His zone swing% of 53.4% is over 10 points below league average, while his zone contact% is 5 points below league average. 

Now this is not to say that what Anthony is doing is not extremely impressive. In 2025, only 2 players have a chase% and hard-hit% in the 95th percentile or better. Those 2 players, Roman Anthony and Juan Soto. If we could get Juan Soto for the next 9 years, at just around $500 million cheaper than him, we'd be the happiest people on Earth. But if Roman were to up his swing% just a tick, especially on pitches over the heart of the plate, we could end up with a truly once in a lifetime player.

[mvp 78]

Roman has never been a pull air guy. This goes back to his entire time in the organization. Unless they are going to completely change his approach, you have to accept his higher than average ground ball rate. 

[moonslav59]

Don't change a thing, Roman!

[Bellhorn04]

1 minute ago, moonslav59 said:

Don't change a thing, Roman!

Amen.