Boston could quickly be calling.
With Purple Sox followers already clamoring for the highest MLB prospect to be introduced as much as the majors because the crew struggles, the 21-year-old delivered a message on Saturday with a 497-foot grand slam for Triple-A Worcester in a 10-4 WooSox win over Rochester.
In keeping with WooSox supervisor Chad Tracy, “that ball was murdered.”
The blast got here off of a 91.1 mph sinker from pitcher Carlos Romero and went 115.6 mph off the bat to deep over the best middle discipline wall. It gave the WooSox a 9-4 lead within the eighth inning.
“Got it and didn’t really miss it,” Anthony mentioned, in accordance with the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester. “So, it felt great.”
It was the longest residence run in affiliated baseball season, per Statcast.
This 12 months within the majors, there is just one residence run that has traveled over 475 toes. It was a Mike Trout 484-footer in opposition to the Giants on April 19.
Since Statcast began monitoring the majors in 2015, there have solely been just a few homers hit better distances than Anthony’s on Saturday — Nomar Mazara (505 toes in 2019), Giancarlo Stanton (504 toes in 2016), C.J. Cron (504 toes in 2022) and Christian Yelich (499 toes in 2022).
The Purple Sox (31-35) are fourth within the AL East, placing them 9.5 video games behind the main Yankees, who they’ve a rubber sport in opposition to on Sunday.
The crew has been disappointing exterior of ace Garrett Crochet.
Alex Bregman was placing up a marketing campaign for MVP earlier than struggling a hamstring harm in late Could, and Kristian Campbell has struggled not too long ago after what was at first a profitable promotion.
The requires Anthony, a 2022 second-round decide, to go to Boston are rising, as he’s batting .290 with 10 homers and 29 RBIs in 57 video games this season, together with two grand slams.
