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Boston may soon be calling.
Red Sox fans have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the top MLB prospect as the team faces challenges. The 21-year-old player made a significant impact on Saturday by hitting a 497-foot grand slam for Triple-A Worcester in their 10-4 victory over Rochester.
According to WooSox manager Chad Tracy, “that ball was murdered.”
This impressive hit occurred against a 91.1 mph sinker pitch thrown by pitcher Carlos Romero, resulting in the ball traveling at 115.6 mph off the bat over the right-center field wall. The grand slam extended WooSox’s lead to 9-4 during the eighth inning.
“Got it and didn’t really miss it,” Anthony said, according to the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester. “So, it felt great.”
It was the longest home run in affiliated baseball season, per Statcast.
This year in the majors, there is only one home run that has traveled over 475 feet. It was a Mike Trout 484-footer against the Giants on April 19.
In the history of Statcast tracking since 2015, only a handful of home runs have exceeded the distance of Anthony’s home run on Saturday. Players like Nomar Mazara (505 feet in 2019), Giancarlo Stanton (504 feet in 2016), C.J. Cron (504 feet in 2022), and Christian Yelich (499 feet in 2022) are among the few who have hit homers of greater distances.
The Red Sox (31-35) are fourth in the AL East, putting them 9.5 games behind the leading Yankees, who they have a rubber game against on Sunday.
The team has been disappointing outside of ace Garrett Crochet.
Alex Bregman was putting up a campaign for MVP before suffering a hamstring injury in late May, and Kristian Campbell has struggled recently after what was at first a successful promotion.
The calls for Anthony, a 2022 second-round pick, to go to Boston are growing, as he is batting .290 with 10 homers and 29 RBIs in 57 games this season, along with two grand slams.