Not calling up Roman Anthony sends bad message to fans, ex-Red Sox pitcher says
Anthony, baseball's No. 1 prospect, is slashing .288/.423/.491 with 10 home runs and 29 RBI — including a 497-foot grand slam he hit over the weekend.
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How the Red Sox have handled Anthony was a big topic of discussion during ESPN's 'Baseball Tonight' podcast.
'If you are held back and you deserve it and you're doing everything that you're supposed to be doing like Roman Anthony is, it just negates that purity. I don't know if I'm saying it right,' ex-Yankees pitcher David Cone said.
'It sends a bad message to the whole organization, it sends a bad message to the whole fan base,' he continued. 'Anyone who cares about the Red Sox knows this kid has earned his way to the big leagues and he's being held back, and he deserves to be here. There's something that just doesn't pass the smell test there.'
There's been speculation the Red Sox are manipulating Anthony's service time by not calling him up, but chief baseball officer Craig Breslow recently said if they are going to call Anthony up, they want him to play every day. With a logjam in the outfield with Jarren Duran, Wilyer Abreu and Ceddanne Rafaela, it makes it difficult to get Anthony into the lineup.
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'You find a way. You're supposed to get your best players on the field,' Cone said. 'You're not supposed to retain roster spots because of contracts, or because there's not a proper fit, or because you think he needs to work on something else that he clearly doesn't. He's earned it'
Red Sox manager Alex Cora was peppered with questions about Anthony over the weekend, but said he can't speak to whether he'll be with the team when it returns to Fenway Park on Monday.
'My mind is with the 26 guys we have here,' Cora said.
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