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Red Sox place Roman Anthony on injured list; ‘Nothing too serious’
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BOSTON — Red Sox left fielder Roman Anthony was placed on the 10-day injured list before Thursday’s game against the Rays. The move comes due to a sprained right wrist that continues to cause soreness.
Mickey Gasper was recalled from Triple-A Worcester to take Anthony’s spot on the 26-man roster.
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After Anthony visited a hand specialist on Tuesday, the Red Sox confirmed it was a wrist sprain. The 21-year-old left fielder said he sprained a ligament below the ring finger.
The IL stint is retroactive to Tuesday. Anthony said he expects to be ready to return when he’s eligible to be activated on May 15.
“For me, where I stand right now, how it’s gone on and the way it’s felt over the last few days, when the IL stint is over I plan to be in that game the next day,” Anthony said.
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Anthony said he feels better than he did Wednesday and doesn’t expect it to linger.
“Obviously not where I want to be but just gotta keep getting better every day,” Anthony said.
He called it “nothing too serious.”
“I’ve never dealt with a hand issue before, so I think just getting the news back, understanding that it’s nothing very serious is the best news that we could have gotten,” Anthony said.
Anthony has not tried to swing a bat yet. He has not participated in any baseball activities since being removed from Monday’s game.
“We’re still optimistic that hopefully it’s not too long, but we’ll keep seeing how he responds,” interim manager Chad Tracy said.
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Tracy said nothing changed with the severity of the injury to lead to an IL stint.
“More a case of how long are we going to play shorthanded? Which we’ve already done it for two days,” Tracy said.
Anthony is batting just .229 with a .354 on-base percentage, .321 slugging percentage and .675 OPS in 30 games (130 plate appearances) this season. But he started May strong with five hits in his first 13 at-bats.
“I want to be out there with the guys. Obviously I’m happy that they just got the job done, got a great sweep,” Anthony said. “I think the team, we look great. For me, it was frustrating. I started to feel good in the box, started to really settle in and you never want things like that to happen. But it’s part of it. So I just got to get better as fast as I can and do what I can to get back out there with the guys.”
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Gasper gives the Red Sox a switch hitter off the bench. He has a .296/.429./519/.948 line with six homers and six doubles in 28 games (133 plate appearances) for the WooSox this year. He’s able to play catcher, first base and second base.
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