There’s a caveat on my Jasson Dominguez fantasy, where I said he was the top 2025 fantasy baseball rookie for redraft leagues. There’s a huge caveat, ACKSUALLY. Roman Anthony breaks camp and he might be 1A or 1B to Jasson Dominguez, who becomes 1B or 1A or maybe they’re both 1D, and there is no 1C. Or they become two and the guy I go over in the next post becomes one. Confused yet? Same! I.e., we have a toss-up for the top rookie, folx! I love Roman Anthony. I’m about to start calling him Get Roman because of how excited he makes me. Remember the Get Roman commercials? Yeah, they were for boner pills. Wink-wink-nudge-nudge-kazoo! Get Roman is once again giving me the enthralls under the overalls. By the way, whatever happened to Get Roman? I remember the creepy commercials with a father and son talking about boner pills, then–Actually, don’t tell me, I don’t want to know. Get this, Roman Anthony gives the same feels as Get Roman. How about he get roaming in the Red Sox outfield? Corny? More like horny! He’s an au naturale Get Roman and I’m horned up! You will be too by the time I get done with this post, I promise you. Jasson Dominguez looks like a much safer top rookie call, but Roman Anthony’s upside might not be knowable. We might never know. It might be our, “I put two socks in my laundry and only one comes back. Where does the other sock go” of fantasy rookies. The Red Sox have The Missing Sock. That’s his nickname now, too. He hasn’t even been in the majors yet and he already has two nicknames, Get Roman and The Missing Sock. So, what can we expect from Roman Anthony for 2025 fantasy baseball?
First, a few highlights to acquaint thyself:
ROMAN ANTHONY’S FIRST TRIPLE-A HOME RUN WAS DEMOLISHED. pic.twitter.com/L3BzgHnVJ4
— Worcester Red Sox (@WooSox) August 20, 2024
The Au Natural Get Roman:
When they say crushed, this is what they mean.
Roman Anthony with a 116 mph moonshot in Portland! pic.twitter.com/SQKPhAAquL
— Red Sox Player Development (@RedSoxPlayerDev) July 31, 2024
Finally, the speed of The Missing Sock:
Roman Anthony went 4-5 in a Worcester win on Tuesday night . Anthony was a homer shy of a cycle and is now hitting .364 at Triple A pic.twitter.com/52ViudRzOf
— Eastern Maine Sports (@EasternMESports) August 28, 2024
This past year in the minors, Roman Anthony went 18/21 in 454 ABs combined between Double and Triple-A, and he hit .344 in Triple-A’s 131 ABs with exactly 31 BBs and 31 Ks for a 18.9% walk and strikeout rate. As a 20-year-old! Throw in the goofy left field monster in Fenway, and he might hit .300 his rookie year with a 25/20 season. I’m about to faint from thoughts of Get Roman. Where’s all the blood rushing to? Oh my God, I have to hold a textbook in front of me. Get Roman is too much! I need to sit down but I can’t! My pants are bunching!
To give you a super random comparison, you know who Roman Anthony reminds me of? Cody Bellinger. His speed is there, but lesser so than his power. Just please don’t forearm bash anyone, Roman. Please. My biggest question mark is does Roman Anthony break camp with the Red Sox so they find their Missing Sock? I don’t know. My guess is no, which sucks, Sox. I asked a Red Sox person and he gave him around a 40% chance of breaking camp, which tracks with what I’m thinking. All of this could absolutely change though by March. Shoot, it could change by December. The Red Sox need to move on from some guys to clear room for Anthony. Wilyer is traded for pitching? Then Roman Anthony is slotted into the outfield. If it’s a super early draft, I say draft Anthony to see if The Missing Sock can sneak in. He will absolutely be in the running for a job, and could be the top 2025 fantasy baseball rookie. For 2025, I’ll give Roman Anthony projections of 44/12/41/.266/16 in 327 ABs with a chance for much more.
Grey, I have “rights” to Roman Anthony in a 5-keeper, 22-player roster spots league. I was thinking of selecting RA as a 2025 Keeper. My top 10 other players include Bobby Witt Jr., Jose Altuve, Manny Machado, Trea Turner, CJ Abrams, Julio Rodriguez, Spencer Steer, Riley Greene, Gerritt Cole, and Dylan Cease. Which 5 players would you keep?
Trea Turner, CJ Abrams, Julio Rodriguez, Gerritt Cole, and Dylan Cease….but there’s a case for Machado or Altuve over Cole
Really? Did you miss that I have Bobby Witt Jr. on my roster or have I missed a major baseball news story?
I miss Bobby…forget Cole
Thoughts on Ohtani’s running game next season when he pitches again…and the recent injury that they may rein him in?
I’d be shocked if he clears 20 steals next year
actually, maybe 25, but way down from this year
One of the (many) things I like about the World Series is how these MRs who are barely sighted during the year all of a sudden pop up and are really good. Like this Casparius fellow.
Yeah, Ben Casparius is likely the most random elimination game starter in a World Series
I think MRs might be may favourite players in general. They are very often interesting characters. Like Tim Hill…
https://nypost.com/2024/10/27/sports/tim-hills-unshakeable-yankees-poise-stems-from-courageous-personal-battle/
That’s Timothy Hillary to you! Yeah, he’s awesome
I’ve got Get Roman on my dynasty team and a keeper team. Glad to see you like him so much. I think he breaks camp with a team based on what he’s done in the minors. The batting average and on base percentage make me really high on him.
Need to do more than what he’s done in the minors, he has no direct path to PT without a trade or injury
Oh, I agree, I just think the Red Sox will probably ship somebody out during the off-season to make room for him. As you mentioned, Abreu seems like a fairly likely candidate to get moved.
I hope so! Truly
I really want to see him a good chunk of the year. I got him in a deep dynasty league. I would also take the shot late in redraft. The team has OF depth.
Current OF is:
Jarren Duran
Ceddanne Rafaela
Wilyer Abreu
Roman Anthony
Tyler Oneill (ufa)
DH is yoshida (3 years left on contract). Although Devers should be DH.
Tyler Oneill was good and is a good fit for that ballpark. His #’s would have been much better if he didn’t have two fluky injuries.. Do you think they bring him back? Will they just let a 30 hr guy walk? I think he said that wanted to stay. What they do there may determine how much anthony plays unless they have injuries or look into trading Abreu as you mentioned.
They need to clean out a few guys, I don’t see why they bring back O’Neill…They should let O’Neill go and trade two guys
You’re probably right. I guess I have a conflict of interest. I have Oneill and really like him in that park in a deeper keeper league. I also have Anthony in a deep dynasty league that can use him stat.
I like O’Neill, and would like him in that park, but I also want like 5 other guys in that park and that OF…ha
Roman Anthony might be the next best things since ‘Roman’ Noodles! I’m serious is the sad thing! I lived on those in college!
I have a few shares of Roman in dynasty leagues thanks to Itch!
I started my off-season SP research into stats. I generally like the guys with 9K per 9 or at least a 7 plus in K/9 minus BB/9. Then I look in fip to see who might regress, or might ‘progress’.
I have caught a couple of things from your comments the last couple of weeks that need to be considered as well.
ONE) Low walk rates. I love 9K per 9 guys, but it seems the guys who are walking less than 2 per 9 give us more consistency in ERA/WHIP.
TWO) Consistent ERA year after year. Examples include Seth Lugo or Sonny Gray. They don’t get hyped like Wheeler or Burnes but again, the consistency and where they go in drafts seems to be overlooked.
So I guess my question is, ONE and TWO out weigh the other stats when you’re looking at your value SP?
Is there any other criteria I am missing?
Thank you Grey. I really appreciate your time spent in writing the articles and coming back and answering our questions.
Roman Noodles sounds like a nickname for guys who use Get Roman (is it Get Roman or is it just Roman and they’re saying you should get it?)
1. Yes 2. Exactly
1 >>> 2, 1 can actually lead to 2 but 2 can’t lead to 1
oh and No problem!