MLB Insider Labels Red Sox ‘Dangerous Team’ As Playoffs Near

The Boston Red Sox improved their record to 6-1 against the New York Yankees this season with a thrilling 6-3 victory Thursday thanks to the late-game heroics of Nathaniel Lowe and Roman Anthony.

While Lowe’s clutch seventh-inning double was enough to seal a much-needed Red Sox win, it was Anthony’s emphatic two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning that ultimately stole the show.

Undaunted by a hostile Yankees Stadium environment, the 21-year-old budding superstar launched a 370-foot missile that registered an exit velocity of 107.4 mph into the right field upper deck after turning on a first-pitch slider.

Following a demonstrative bat flip that instantly had social media buzzing, Anthony rounded the bases and cemented his place as a key combatant in Major League Baseball’s most legendary rivalry for years to come.

All that said, the Red Sox have reemerged as contenders this season due in large part to the team’s talented young core. It’s hard to imagine where this team would be in the standings at this point in the season without Bryan Bello’s development on the mound, Ceddanne Rafaela’s first-half performance at the plate or the reliable defense and game- calling of rookie Carlos Narváez behind the plate.

While discussing the Red Sox’s youth movement and postseason outlook on MLB Network, baseball insider Jon Morosi described Boston as being among the most fun teams to watch following the recent promotion of top outfield prospect Jhostynxon Garcia.

“They’ve got such a talented young outfield in general,” Morosi said. “This Red Sox team, I think, is going to be one of the most fun teams to watch over the balance of this season. I expect them to be a playoff team. And this is the kind of ball club with this amount of young talent, they can almost be a more dangerous team than you expect, just because of how much excitement they’ve got with the tools of a guy like ‘The Password,’ (Jhostynxon) Garcia.”

It was announced before the second game of the series that Garcia will bat fifth and play center field for his MLB debut. The 22-year-old right-handed slugger was batting .289 with 20 home runs and 73 RBIs between Double-A and Triple-A this season. Garcia is likely to receive a decent share of playing time while Wilyer Abreu recovers from a right calf strain that landed him on the 10-day injured list on Thursday.