The Boston Red Sox will long be wondering how their wild card series against the New York Yankees might have turned out if their 21-year-old rookie star Roman Anthony had been able to play. Red Sox pitching held the Yankees to just nine runs over the three-game series — but Boston hitters produced only six , and in the final, deciding game, they were shut out.

The Red Sox had been shut out only four times all season.

Would Anthony have made a difference? Of course, the answer to that hypothetical will never be known. What can be known is that the rookie star and f ormer No. 1 overall prospect in baseball left a Sept. 2 game against the Cleveland Guardians and was out for the remainder of the season — and in September, the Red Sox' run production fell off notably.

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