Roman Anthony #19

Selected as a compensation pick in the second round (No. 79 overall) of the 2022 MLB Draft by the Boston Red Sox out of Marjorie Stoneman Douglas (Fla.) High School... the Red Sox paid him late first-round money ($2.5 million) as a supplemental second-rounder and have watched him develop into the best position prospect in baseball as he claimed the No. 1 overall spot in MLB Pipeline's prospect rankings by 2025... was ranked No. 72 in the Draft class by Baseball America and No. 56 by MLB.com... Boston obtained the selection after left-handed pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez signed with the Detroit Tigers as a free agent... Anthony led the Double-A Eastern League in slugging (.489) and OPS (.856) as a 20-year-old with Portland in 2024, then slashed .344/.463/.519 with 16 extra-base hits in 35 games following his promotion to Triple-A Worcester that season... began 2025 in Triple-A... was a South Atlantic League All-Star in 2023... named to the MLB All-Star Futures Game in 2024... started in a 2024 and 2025 Spring Breakout game and participated in the Red Sox Rookie Development Programs in January 2024 and January 2025

Before signing with the Red Sox, Anthony was named the Broward County 7-A Player of the Year by the Sun Sentinel and the Gatorade Floria Player of the Year while at Stoneman Douglas... he hit .520 his senior season and committed to Ole Miss after his sophomore season... attended the same high school as Anthony Rizzo, Jesus Luzardo and Coby Mayo; Rizzo was also drafted by the Red Sox, in 2007... helped Stoneman Douglas win consecutive state titles in his final two seasons