{"id":2653,"date":"2026-06-13T22:33:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T22:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2653"},"modified":"2026-06-13T22:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T22:33:38","slug":"he-might-be-making-slow-progress-but-theres-still-no-timetable-on-roman-anthonys-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2653","title":{"rendered":"He might be making slow progress, but there\u2019s still no timetable on Roman Anthony\u2019s return"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>More than two weeks after his most recent setback \u2014 and close to six weeks since suffering the original injury \u2014 <b>Roman Anthony<\/b> remains stuck in a holding pattern, making nominal progress at best, leaving the Red Sox and their young star outfielder  unsure when he\u2019ll return.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2651\">Westborough emerges victorious from latest Division 2 boys\u2019 tennis championship matchup with Duxbury<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s progressing,\u201d Anthony said Saturday afternoon. \u201cProgressing a lot slower than I had imagined in the beginning of this, but definitely progressing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Interim manager <b>Chad Tracy<\/b> expressed a similar optimistic sentiment, but both were light on specifics.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Both referenced a potential follow-up MRI \u2014 not a specific plan for one, but an intention to discuss maybe setting that up. Anthony said he hasn\u2019t had any medical imaging done since early May, when he first got hurt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe general timetable for this was \u2014 we\u2019re approaching it,\u201d Anthony said. \u201cAs we approach that and as we get to that day when this is kind of a common time period for this injury, then I think that\u2019s when we\u2019ll address it and say, OK, let\u2019s check in on it and see where we\u2019re at, see how it\u2019s healed, see how it\u2019s gone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>What was the initial general timetable?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s anywhere from six to eight weeks, but there\u2019s been a million different cases of a million different people taking six weeks, eight weeks, 10 weeks, whatever it is,\u201d Anthony said. \u201cEveryone heals differently. So my best guess [is] it would be somewhere around that point, but again, haven\u2019t really talked much about it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Monday will mark six weeks since Anthony, on a seemingly random swing, partially tore a ligament attached to the ring finger in his right hand. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c[Red Sox medical personnel have] continued to tell me that nothing along this process has been unusual from a time standpoint,\u201d said Anthony. \u201cBut for me, obviously, just frustrating, right? I don\u2019t want to be five weeks out and just continuing to kind of [wait].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For now, Anthony is still engaged in a variety of baseball activities, including defensive work in the Fenway Park outfield before the Sox played the Rangers. In stands in the batting cage and tracks pitches off a high-tech pitching machine, helping keep his eye sharp. And he works on strengthening his sprained right hand\/wrist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2649\">Down to its final out three times, Seekonk triumphs on Brayden McBride\u2019s clutch hit in D4 baseball final<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Every several days, when he feels able enough in his workout, Anthony tests his arm by swinging a light bat. When he did so Friday, he felt less pain than usual, but enough that he isn\u2019t yet taking that next step forward \u2014 swinging an actual bat, then hitting an actual ball.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Already, Anthony has endured a couple of false starts, trying to advance in his hitting progression only to have it hurt enough that he needs to go back to the beginning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf \u2026 you feel like you could be in a spot where you put yourself back to square one or backwards, we don\u2019t want that either, so we\u2019re just making sure that we get it right to where we\u2019re all comfortable,\u201d Tracy said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Anthony has stayed in Boston for the Red Sox\u2019 past couple of road trips, which is normal for injured players who are not close to returning. <b>Garrett Crochet<\/b>, who has traveled with the team amid his prolonged shoulder\/lat-induced absence, is an exception.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt sucks when the team\u2019s on the road,\u201d Anthony said. \u201cI feel like they\u2019re gone forever when they\u2019re on the road, but when they\u2019re home, it\u2019s about being here, being with the guys, and being the best teammate that I can be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs soon as it feels like it starts to get a whole lot better, I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll have a better idea of where we\u2019re at and how it\u2019s going to go from there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>Where\u2019s Chapman?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><b>Aroldis Chapman<\/b> has pitched just twice in three weeks, a product mostly of game circumstance \u2014 few close wins. \u201cIn this stretch, would like to have seen him throw more, because that would have meant we\u2019re winning more games,\u201d Tracy said. He added that Chapman\u2019s sore left hamstring has been \u201cimproving\u201d . . . Among a slew of roster moves by the Rangers: outfielder <b>Evan Carter<\/b> landed on the 10-day injured list because of a right oblique strain; infielder\/outfielder <b>Cody Freeman<\/b> was recalled from Triple-A to fill the roster spot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2647\">Notre Dame (Hingham) completes its climb to the top of Division 2 girls\u2019 tennis<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday will mark six weeks since Anthony, on a seemingly random swing, partially tore a ligament attached to the ring finger in his right hand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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