Is Roman Anthony Already An Elite Player?

March 16, 2026·22 min·2 clips

Roman Anthony's go-ahead home run lifts Team USA over the Dominican Republic in the WBC.

The weather bit gets them warmed up. Travis, Ness, Joe, and Lucy start with Boston Common, the missing snow, and the very Boston question of whether winter is finally done. Then baseball takes over fast. Team USA beating the Dominican Republic becomes the hook, especially after last week's bet on the Dominican team and its bats. Roman Anthony owns the room from there. The panel presses Tyler on whether the hype has gotten out of hand, half-jokingly casting Anthony as the face of the Red Sox, baseball, and America. Tyler does not back off. He says the performance feels real because the regular numbers and the stuff underneath them are saying the same thing. Anthony being only 20 is part of the point. The conversation treats his in-season learning curve like a serious separator. Left-handed pitching becomes the test case. Tyler remembers Anthony needing help after the All-Star break, then going to Alex Bregman with a specific lefty problem. Bregman comes away blown away. The point is not just that Anthony adjusted. It is that he did it as a rookie while the Red Sox were asking whether he could be Raphael Devers or better for a team trying to fight into the playoffs. Team USA praise gives the whole thing more fuel. By the end, the panel is already in merch mode, joking about Anthony shirts, the Roman empire, and a fan base that sounds ready to buy in.

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A fast Boston sports conversation that ties Roman Anthony hype to real production and real adjustments.

This segment opens with a snow-day riff before settling into Team USA's win over the Dominican Republic and the larger Roman Anthony debate: how far the hype can go.

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Roman Anthony's hype gets the full Boston sports-radio treatment.

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