Roman Anthony can’t think of a better place to spend the next eight-plus years of his promising career.
Anthony, who entered the 2025 campaign as the top prospect in all of baseball, signed an eight-year contract extension with the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday. The 21-year-old reportedly will earn $130 million during the life of the contract, which spans the 2026-33 seasons with a club option option for 2034.
“I wanted to be here,” Anthony said during a press conference at Fenway Park on Wednesday evening. “It was as simple as that. I wanted to be in Boston.
“Winning in Boston is different, and I haven’t won anything yet, but for me over these last two months, the baseball we’re playing, the fans and the way they show up every night, it’s amazing,” Anthony continued. “It’s a place like no other. And, for me, it was simple: I just wanted to be here, I just wanted to play baseball in Boston for a long time.”
A second-round pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, Anthony was called up to Boston in June after he started the season in Triple-A Worcester. He entered Wednesday’s game against the Kansas City Royals hitting .283 with a .828 OPS across 46 games. He took an eight-game hit streak into the series finale at Fenway Park and has played a major role in Boston’s second-half surge.
Anthony’s deal comes about four months after the Red Sox signed 23-year-old infielder Kristian Campbell to an eight-year extension of his own. Marcelo Mayer, the other representative of Boston’s promising trio, has yet to receive the same long-term commitment but might not be too far away.
Campbell and Mayer, among other youngsters in the organization, are part of the reason Anthony wants to remain in Boston, as well.
“It makes my life a whole lot easier, and taking the field a whole lot easier, when I’m taking it with guys who I just consider my best friends,” Anthony said.
Anthony’s reasoning for wanting to remain with the organization was easy, and the Red Sox now hope it proves to be the right one.
