Mickey Gasper is back with the Red Sox at Fenway Park, called up from Worcester on Thursday. (File Photo)

Mickey Gasper is back where it all began.

The former Merrimack High, Bryant University and Nashua Silver Knight standout was called up on Thursday to the Boston Red Sox from Triple A Worcester.

That’s because Sox outfielder Roman Anthony has been put on the 10-day injured list with a sprained right wrist, the team announced yesterday before the start of a four-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park.

Gasper will be reunited with his former Triple A manager, Sox skipper Chad Tracy, and third base coach Chad Epperson, who managed him in Double A Portland.

Gasper, who was with the Sox on the Major League Level for two stints in the last six weeks of the 2024 season, was traded to Minnesota later that off-season before winding up back with the Red Sox in January via Washington, which put him on waivers. He was with Boston all spring training before being sent to Worcester near the end of camp.

At Worcester, Gasper was hitting .296 (32 for 108) with six doubles, six homers, 27 RBI, 25 walks and a .948 OPS. He made 10 starts at catcher, 10 at first base, and was the DH for eight games. He’s played in 58 games combined with the Red Sox and Twins. He did not appear in Thursday night’s 8-4 loss to the Rays at Fenway.

Mwanehile 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 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.

(Telegraph Staff Writer Tom King and the Associated Press contributed to this report.)