Red Sox’ Alex Cora makes promise on red-hot Roman Anthony: ‘I don’t want to make him a DH right away’

Alex Cora Acknowledges Red Sox Roman Anthony Dilemma

For the Red Sox, the recent performance of Roman Anthony has been refreshing in that the No. 1 overall MLB prospect, after a rough start to the season, has finally started to look like the laser-hitting future star so many expected him to be when he was called up from the minors early last month. Anthony started off Tuesday’s game against the Reds 1-for-2 before the rain delay, stretching his hitting streak to five games.He’s hitting .450 over t…

Red Sox’ Alex Cora makes promise on red-hot Roman Anthony: ‘I don’t want to make him a DH right away’

BOSTON — Tuesday marks the fourth time in the last five days that Red Sox rookie Roman Anthony is serving as Boston’s designated hitter. But Boston is determined to make sure he keeps developing on the defensive side, too.