Red Sox ink Anthony to 8-year extension reportedly worth $130M
The Boston Red Sox signed rookie outfielder Roman Anthony to an eight-year contract extension, the team announced Wednesday.
Anthony's deal, which officially begins next season, is reportedly worth $130 million, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan. It includes a 2034 club option worth $30 million if exercised.
Roman Anthony gets a $5M signing bonus, per source.
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) August 6, 2025
Year by year salaries:
2026: $2M
2027: $4M
2028: $8M
2029: $15M
2030: $19M
2031: $23M
2032: $25M
2033: $29M
2034: $30M option
The contract also features a series of escalator clauses based on how Anthony performs in award voting, MassLive's Chris Cotillo reports.
Roman Anthony's escalators are so complicated, you might need a PDF:
— Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) August 6, 2025
Escalators to 2032-33 seasons (and also to 2031 if he is ROY 1st or 2nd in 2025), for each award earned beginning in 2025:
• $1M if earns 1st-2nd Place for ROY in 2025
• $2M for each MVP 1st in any previous…
Shortly after officially signing his deal, Anthony told reporters that his decision to take the offer and delay his free agency was an easy one.
"When the offer came through it was something I wanted to move quick on and there was no doubt this is where I wanted to play baseball for a long time," the 21-year-old said, according to Mac Cerullo of the Boston Herald.
Anthony was considered baseball's No.1 prospect before the Red Sox called him up to make his major-league debut June 9.
Since arriving in MLB, he's slashed .283/.400/.428 with 18 extra-base hits and 19 RBIs in 46 games.
Anthony's extension follows the Red Sox trading Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants in June. Devers was in the second year of a 10-year, $313.5-million contract when he was dealt.
The Red Sox also inked fellow youngster Kristian Campbell to an eight-year, $60-million extension in April.