



The Boston Red Sox called up top prospect Roman Anthony two days after the 21-year-old outfielder hit a 497-foot grand slam for Triple-A Worcester.
Anthony made his major league debut Monday night at home against the Tampa Bay Rays, batting fifth and playing right field. He went 0 for 4 with a walk and RBI in a 10-8, 11-inning loss.
Boston put right fielder Wilyer Abreu on the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain.
A second-round pick in the 2022 amateur draft, Anthony batted .288 with 10 homers and 29 RBIs in 58 games at Worcester this season.
The second grand slam of the season for Anthony put Worchester ahead 9-4 in the eighth inning. He drove a 91.1 mph sinker from Carlos Romero deep over the right-center field wall, a drive that left his bat at 115.6 mph.
Anthony hit the longest home run measured this year by Statcast, which this season tracks the major leagues, Triple-A and the Class A Florida State League.
Since Statcast started tracking in the major leagues in 2015, only Nomar Mazara (505 feet in 2019), Giancarlo Stanton (504 feet in 2016), C.J. Cron (504 feet in 2022) and Christian Yelich (499 feet in 2022) have hit longer big league homers.
Surgery for Braves hurler: Atlanta Braves rookie pitcher A.J. Smith-Shawver has undergone Tommy John surgery.
Smith-Shawver had reconstructive surgery on the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, knocking the right-hander out for at least the rest of this season. Keith Meister performed the procedure in Arlington, Texas.
The Braves announced on May 30 that Smith-Shawver had a torn UCL. He had left a loss to Philadelphia a day earlier and said he felt a “pop.”
Smith-Shawver, 22, had gone 3-2 with a 3.86 ERA in nine starts this season.