Boston Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony has been put on the 10-day injured list with a sprained right wrist, the team announced Thursday before the start of a four-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park.
Anthony, 21, hurt his wrist during his first at-bat of Monday’s game at Detroit. He flew back to Boston to see the team’s hand specialist, Dr. Matthew Leibman.
Interim manager Chad Tracy said there wasn’t enough progression for Anthony to avoid going on the IL.
“Still sore,” Tracy said. “I think it’s more of a case of ‘How are we willing to play short-handed?’ We’ve already done it for two days.”
Wearing a brace on his hand, Anthony said that he hasn’t picked up a bat since Monday. He’s optimistic that he won’t be sidelined beyond the 10 days.
“Obviously not where I want to be, but just got to keep getting better every day. The hand is tricky and I’ve never dealt with a hand issue before. Getting the news that it’s nothing serious is the best news we’ve could have gotten,” Anthony said. “When the IL stint is over, I plan to be in that game the next day and off the IL.”
Signed last year as a rookie to an eight-year, $130 million contract, Anthony has started slowly at the plate this season. He’s hitting .229 with one home run in 130 plate appearances.
“Just got to get better as fast as I can,” Anthony said.
It’s Anthony’s second IL stint in as many seasons. Last year, he missed most of September and Boston’s wild-card playoff series against the New York Yankees after suffering an oblique strain.
The Red Sox brought up Mickey Gasper from Triple-A Worcester to take Anthony’s spot on the roster.
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Boston Red Sox's Roman Anthony (19) has his hand looked at by trainer Brandon Henry as interim manager Chad Tracy (17) looks on against the Detroit Tigers during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, May 4, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Mikko Rantanen sustained a torn MCL in his knee during the Olympics, an injury that Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill says kept their standout forward from being himself the rest of the season.
Rantanen missed 15 games for the Stars after getting hurt while playing for bronze medal-winning Finland in February. He returned for the final 10 games of the regular season, with two goals and six assists in that span. He then had one goal and six assists when they lost their first-round playoff series to Minnesota in six games.
“Major injury. Came back, he's very competitive,” Nill said Thursday during his season-ending availability. “Did he come back too soon? Not too soon, but would have been nice to have one or two more weeks to really settle in. He never really got going again.”
In 54 games before the Olympics, Rantanen had 20 goals and 49 assists. The Stars got him in a deadline deal last season, signed him to a $96 million, eight-year extension, and he then an remarkable postseason with nine goals and 13 assists in 18 games when they made the Western Conference final for the third year in a row.
Dallas was done after one round this year, and Rantanen wasn't the only player dealing with a significant injury.
Nill said Rantanen didn’t have and won’t require any surgery, and will benefit from having some extended time off, as well so many of their other players.
“We never had one game where we had a full lineup this whole season and the playoffs,” Nill said “I’ve never seen that before.”
The Stars also go into an offseason when 45-goal scorer Jason Robertson can become a restricted free agent and with longtime captain Jamie Benn pondering a decision on whether to return for an 18th NHL season, all in Dallas.
Top-line center Roope Hintz missed four games after the Olympics because of illness, then tore his left hamstring in two places on March 6 in his only game since. That was after the Stars in December lost Tyler Seguin to an ACL injury.
Miro Heiskanen, their top defenseman, missed the final three games of the regular season after an oblique tear and then sprained an ankle during the playoffs.
Radek Faksa was close to returning from a concussion during the Olympics when his foot got sliced by a skate. He got back for the last two regular-season games and the playoffs, but Nill said the significant cut that also affected a ligament may require further surgery.
Nill said defenseman Nils Lundkvist, who took a skate to his face in Game 4 against the Wild, could have possibly returned had that series gotten to a Game 7.
“A very lucky man. The skate ended up hitting him, really hit into him more than anything,” Nill said. “He had stitches inside and outside, but he also had a concussion.”
Nill plans to reach out soon to Robertson’s agent with the focus of getting the point-a-game forward signed to a new deal.
While there were some talks last summer, and some progress was made, both sides then agreed to put those on hold until after this season.
“He’s a big part of our team. We drafted and developed him, and we want him to be a Dallas Star for the rest of his career,” Nill said.
A second-round pick by the Stars in 2017, Robertson has 490 points (213 goals and 277 assists) in 456 regular-season games. That includes three 40-goal seasons before his 27th birthday this summer, a year before he could become an unrestricted free agent.
Robertson just completed the final season of a $31 million, four-year contract he got after a training camp holdout in 2022. He played all 328 regular-season games in that stretch.
Benn has been the Stars captain since 2013-14, and like last offseason has a decision to make about whether he wants to play another season.
“We’re going to give him a couple of weeks, but I want him back. I think he wants to come back,” Nill said. “But I’m going to give him that time.”
Benn, who turns 37 in July, missed the first 19 games because of a punctured lung and his 60 games played were his fewest in a full 82-game regular season. He had 15 goals and 21 assists while playing on a one-year deal after the end of a $76 million, eight-year deal.
Hall of Fame center Mike Modano is the only player in franchise history with more than Benn’s 1,252 regular-season games, 414 goals and 992 points.
This story has been updated to correct Rantanen's totals of goals and assists in the second and fourth paragraphs.
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Dallas Stars left wing Jamie Benn (14) looks on after losing Game 6 in the first round of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series against the Minnesota Wild, Thursday, April 30, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)
Dallas Stars right wing Mikko Rantanen (96) looks on after Minnesota Wild left wing Matt Boldy scored during the third period of Game 6 in the first round of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series Thursday, April 30, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)
