<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0pe3VY_0vTGMhmY00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0pe3VY_0vTGMhmY00" width="1280" height="897" ><figcaption>Roman Anthony adjusts his batting gloves while on deck during a WooSox game on Septemeber 11, 2024. Katie Morrison-O'Day</figcaption></figure>WORCESTER -- Just because he’s now the top prospect in baseball <a href="https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/2024-top-100-prospects/">according to Baseball America</a>, that doesn’t mean Roman Anthony has everything figured out.“That’s a big piece of it. That’s what, I believe, will make him good for a long time is he doesn’t have it all figured out,” WooSox manager Chad Tracy said. “He wants to learn from people, he wants to continue to get better...number one prospect in baseball and he was engaging in conversation and trying to learn. ”Anthony, who was crowned the top prospect on Wednesday after Junior Caminero graduated from the list, took the accolade in stride. But he also knows that he has a ways to go in his journey to become a big-leaguer. “Now that I’m around guys who have been doing it for a while, I think it’s over this last month since I’ve been here, I’ve learned a ton just getting to pick the brains of [these] guys,” Anthony said. “They know what it’s like and know what it takes to kind of keep your body right and to stay right throughout the course of your season.”Anthony said that something he’s keeping his focus on this season is simply staying ready to be in the lineup. “I think the biggest thing I’ve learned over the last two years is just being available, being able to do what I have to do in order to go out there and be able to take the field every day,” Anthony said. “I think if you’re playing every day, that’s how you learn the most. You give yourself a chance to succeed, and struggle and get through that when you’re playing every day.”The 20-year-old hit .269 in 84 games with Double-A Portland this year, and has shifted into another gear since his promotion to Triple A in August. He came into Wednesday’s game hitting .340 with three homers and 14 RBI in his 25 games with the WooSox. Anthony may be the first WooSox to earn the top prospect honor, but he’s not the first who has come through Polar Park this season. In fact, one of those former top prospects was one of the first people he heard from when the new rankings came out on Wednesday: the Orioles’ Jackson Holliday. “I was talking to Jackson this morning. He’s one of my best friends,” Anthony said. “He was just congratulating me. We have a group chat with a couple of us and his brother that we talk in almost every day. I spend a lot of time with him in the offseason, and I live out there in Oklahoma with them for quite a bit of time during the offseason. That whole family is awesome.”Although Anthony is appreciative of the recognition from Baseball America, obviously his goals go beyond being ranked as a prospect. “It’s not my goal is to not be ranked or anything like that. I just want to get to the big leagues as fast as I can,” Anthony said. “So many different people have different things to say, whether it’s means anything or not..but it’s nice to be recognized.”<h2>WooSox 7, Mets 0</h2>Jason Alexander turned in, without a doubt, his most dominant outing of the season on Wednesday night, cruising through seven innings and allowing just two hits, both weakly-hit singles, and racking up a career-high 11 strikeouts. Alexander needed just 82 pitches (59 strikes) to get through the outing. Vaughn Grissom continued to swing a hot bat, smacking two home runs in his first two at-bats. Grissom has found his groove in the last couple of weeks, coming into Wednesday hitting .405 in his last 13 games.Tyler McDonough had another nice night at the bottom of the WooSox lineup, going 2-for-3 with a walk. Chase Meidroth had a three-hit game and drove in a pair of runs as well.With Columbus losing again on Wednesday, the WooSox closed in to 1 1/2 games back of the first-place Clippers with 10 games left to play. <h2>Notes</h2><ul><li>Kristian Campbell was removed from the game in the fifth inning on Wednesday. Tracy said that Campbell was dealing with a tweak or muscle spasm in his left shoulder blade and doesn’t think the injury is anything serious, but Campbell may see some time off in the next couple of days. </li><li>Mark Contreras was placed on the 7-day injujred list, which was the corresponding move for adding Bobby Dalbec back onto the WooSox roster after he cleared waivers and was outrighted to Worcester. </li><li>Jose Adames, a hard-throwing reliever who pitched for the WooSox in 2021, was added to the roster. He was signed by the Red Sox at the end of August, but was pitching at the Florida complex for a couple of weeks. He spent the last two seasons pitching in the Mexican League. </li></ul>The WooSox continue their final homestand of the season and fan appreciation week on Thursday with former Red Sox players Derek Lowe and Steve Lyons stopping by to sign autographs during the game. First pitch is at 6:05 p.m.</div></body>

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Baseball's top prospect Roman Anthony soaking in all the knowledge he can in Triple A

WORCESTER -- Just because he’s now the top prospect in baseball according to Baseball America, that doesn’t mean Roman Anthony has everything figured out. “That’s a big piece of it. That’s what, I believe, will make him good for a long time is he doesn’t have it all figured out,” WooSox manager Chad Tracy said. “He wants to learn from people, he wants to continue to get better...number one prospect in baseball and he was engaging in conversation and trying to learn. ”

Baseball's top prospect Roman Anthony soaking in all the knowledge he can in Triple A

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