{"id":2422846,"date":"2026-05-19T04:53:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2422846"},"modified":"2026-05-19T04:53:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:53:44","slug":"red-sox-dealt-unfortunate-roman-anthony-news-before-royals-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/red-sox-dealt-unfortunate-roman-anthony-news-before-royals-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Dealt Unfortunate Roman Anthony News Before Royals Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\/boston-red-sox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Boston Red Sox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Boston Red Sox&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Boston Red Sox<\/a> have had a disastrous 2026 season. Entering Monday, the team sits at 19-27 and in last place in the American League East. Just about everything has gone wrong, and it starts with the disappointing season from right fielder <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/60108\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Roman Anthony;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Roman Anthony&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Roman Anthony<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony had an impressive debut campaign in 2025 that earned him a eight-year, $130 million contract extension last August.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>His production helped Boston reach the postseason for the first time since 2021, though he did not play due to a season-ending left oblique strain.<\/p>\n<p>This year, injuries have once again been an issue. Anthony is currently on the 10-day injured list with a right wrist sprain.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"lightbox-btn\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"lightbox-expand\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"lightbox-overlay\" aria-modal=\"true\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>Boston Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony (19). \u00a9 Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Anthony originally suffered the injury on May 4 during a game against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\/detroit-tigers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Detroit Tigers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Detroit Tigers&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Detroit Tigers<\/a>. He attempted a check swing, and the force on his wrist caused the setback. Since then, he has made progress in his recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>He was initially placed in a brace for a couple of weeks, but after receiving a cortisone injection, the brace was removed, and he resumed baseball activities last week.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, ahead of Monday\u2019s series opener against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\/kansas-city-royals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kansas City Royals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Kansas City Royals&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Kansas City Royals<\/a>, Anthony suffered a setback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoman Anthony took some swings today but had some soreness. The Red Sox will back him off from swinging until after Thursday&#8217;s offday,\u201d reported Ian Browne of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:MLB;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;MLB&quot;}\" class=\"link \">MLB<\/a>.com.<\/p>\n<section class=\"consent\"\/>\n<p>This will lengthen Anthony\u2019s absence, and if the soreness continues, the Red Sox could shut him down entirely, which is the last thing the club needs right now.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>With Anthony\u2019s timeline still unclear, the timing could not be worse for Boston. They need him back and producing. Through his first 30 games this year, Anthony posted a .229 batting average, .354 on-base percentage, .675 OPS, one home run and five RBIs, experiencing a clear sophomore slump.<\/p>\n<p>Boston needs to start stacking wins soon, otherwise it is looking more and more likely they could become sellers at this year\u2019s trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/red-sox-legend-david-ortiz-203919443.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Related: Red Sox Legend David Ortiz Announces Personal News on Wednesday;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Related&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Related: Red Sox Legend David Ortiz Announces Personal News on Wednesday<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>This story was originally published by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\/boston-red-sox\/red-sox-roman-anthony-injury-update-royals-game\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Athlon Sports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Athlon Sports&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Athlon Sports<\/a> on May 18, 2026, where it first appeared in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:MLB;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;MLB&quot;}\" class=\"link \">MLB<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=athlonsports.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Preferred Source by clicking here.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source sports.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Red Sox have had a disastrous 2026 season. Entering Monday, the team sits at 19-27 and in last place in the American League East. Just about everything has gone wrong, and it starts with the disappointing season from right fielder Roman Anthony. Anthony had an impressive debut campaign in 2025 that earned him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2422847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[474794,357713,345193,43627,361653],"class_list":["post-2422846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-american-league-east","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-detroit-tigers","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-roman-anthony"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Red-Sox-Dealt-Unfortunate-Roman-Anthony-News-Before-Royals-Game.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2422846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2422848,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422846\/revisions\/2422848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2422847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2422846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2422846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2422846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}