Roman Anthony injury: Red Sox outfielder opens up on 'long, slow process' of finger injury

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Roman Anthony is tired of watching games from the bench and not being on the field as he recovers from a finger injury.

“It’s been a long, long slow process,” the Red Sox outfielder told WEEI’s Rob Bradford on the “Baseball Isn’t Boring” podcast. “Everything sucks, to be honest. The team leaves on the road, and it’s like, ‘Dang, I miss being around the guys.’ You have two days where you feel like it’s encouraging, then you have a really (expletive) two days, and you’re like, ‘Oh, man, where am I at?’”


Anthony tore a ligament near the base of his right ring finger in May during an at-bat against the Detroit Tigers. It was originally thought he’d avoid the injured list, but the 22-year-old is now on the 60-day IL as he continues to rehab.

The progression has been slowdue to the pain he continues to feel. Anthony admitted it’s been disappointing, but is learning a lot in the process.

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While Anthony has been seen on the field throwing a baseball prior to games, he still has pain when swinging a bat.

“It’s the same kind of coming through, as I push through and kind of extend through in a sense,” he told Bradford. “I’m seeing progress and it feels like it’s getting stronger. Feeling like I got more there to kind of support the hand and then the ring finger. So, positive in that sense.”

There is still no timeline for Anthony’s return. For now, he’ll continue watching games as a spectator.

“Being a competitor, being a baseball player my entire life, it’s all I know,” he said. “Just the most simple thing is that I’m not out there. And so sitting here, watching games, I’m not meant to watch games. And that’s the way I look at it. I want to be out there. I want to be helping the boys. I want to be part of it.


“I want to play baseball. I’m over sitting here and waiting on a finger,” Anthony added. “Like, it sounds ridiculous to me.”

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