Roman Anthony Gives Positive Update After Being Placed On IL

Boston Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony

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Boston Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony expects to spend the minimum amount of time on the injured list.

Boston placed Anthony on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Tuesday, before Thursday’s game due to his wrist injury. After Anthony sustained the injury, Red Sox’s interim manager Chad Tracy was hopeful it would only be a few days, but it’s a bit worse than expected, so he had to be placed on the IL.

Anthony could return to the roster as soon as May 15, and he’s targeting that date for his return.

“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 on Thursday.

Although Anthony was placed on the IL with a wrist injury, he said it’s actually a sprained ligament under his right ring finger.

“There's so much that goes on in the hand, and I've never dealt with a hand issue before,” said Anthony. “So, I think just getting the news back, understanding that it's nothing very serious, is the best news we could have gotten. The treatment is pretty simple, trying to get a lot of blood flow circulating around the wrist and the arm. Nothing too crazy. Just a little sprain. The ligament near the ring finger. Nothing that will take too long. So, I think that's the best part.”