For one moment, the future was the present along Florida’s Gulf coast. Roughly 90 minutes before first pitch of Thursday’s Spring Breakout opener between the Red Sox and Rays at Port Charlotte Sports Park,

Moments after the words left the heckler’s lips, the top Red Sox prospect smashed a missile of a home run well over 400 feet to right field. The ball cleared the outfield concourse and bounced off the roof of a building on the outer edge of the stadium.

After Kristian Campbell and Marcelo Mayer hit back-to-back home runs, Roman Anthony blasted one of his own during the Boston Red Sox's Speak Breakout game against the Tampa Bay Rays.