Best Of Red Sox on WEEI: Are We Putting Too Much Pressure on Roman Anthony?

The Greg Hill Show

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🗓️ 7 March 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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WEEI presents a collection of discussions about the Boston Red Sox this week from The Greg Hill Show, Jones & Keefe, and WEEI Afternoons

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0:00.0	And he brings up Roman Anthony and Curtis, you're the baseball head in the room.
0:03.7	So I'll ask you when it comes to the world baseball classic and what he's been doing.
0:07.8	Like, is this only adding to his resume of who he could be when it comes to his career in MLB play?
0:17.1	Like, he seems to be.
0:19.0	How's he been doing in?
0:20.2	Pretty, pretty well. Oh, has he? Yeah. Like they're basically saying that... How's he been doing in... Pretty well.
0:21.4	Oh, has he?
0:21.9	Yeah.
0:22.2	Like, they're basically saying that he's not easing his way in. He's making an impact immediately. So, Roman Anthony, I mean, we were all hoping that he was going to be this unbelievable star, but it seems like he's actually going to be that guy. I just... Go ahead. No, I was going to say it really won't matter until the regular season, right?
0:37.0	So you don't think anybody pays attention to World Baseball Classic?
0:39.4	I mean, I was going to say it really won't matter until the regular season, right? So you don't think anybody pays attention to world baseball class?
0:39.3	I mean, I don't. Maybe there are. I think we all feel like this kid has talent that's beyond this world, right?
0:46.8	In the sense of what the expectations are. That's why it's going to be very interesting watching him this season with the expectations being so high. Like with Drake May, there were people like, you know, in the SHIM category that were like, oh, Drake May's legit. There were people like he's still young. What's he going to be? How good is he going to be? You know, there are people who are like, I don't know if he's that.
1:11.7	The fumbles, the turnover.
1:12.6	Yeah, I don't know if he's that guy. Like, with Roman Anthony, it's like, everybody is like,
1:18.6	yo, this dude is legit.
1:20.3	Yeah.
1:20.6	Right? So you got to live up to that in Boston.
1:22.7	Yeah. And the thing for me is, this is incredibly, incredibly rare that the Red Sox had the number one
1:29.3	prospect in all of baseball that he got up last year and performed and now I mean the home run he
1:35.1	hit I don't know whether it was yesterday or Tuesday Tuesday I mean this thing was like 500 feet I just
1:40.0	watched it yeah he has the right mindset he has the the skills. You could be at the ground floor.
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