Can Mayer return to Red Sox during playoffs? Cora says ‘he’s pushing’

The Crimson Sox are within the playoffs, and in the event that they play deep sufficient into October, they may get some reinforcements.

Crimson Sox supervisor Alex Cora didn’t appear to rule out a doable return for Marcelo Mayer this season when he supplied an replace on the infielder’s rehab.

“I imply, I wager he’s pushing,” Cora advised reporters when requested if Mayer might return to the workforce within the postseason.

Mayer suffered a wrist harm in July, searching for a number of strategies to rehab the harm earlier than present process surgical procedure in August. On the time of the surgical procedure, it was introduced that Mayer could be anticipated to overlook three months, seemingly ending his season.

Nonetheless, Mayer has been performing some baseball work in latest days. He started to play catch once more final week and fielded floor balls on Friday.

Mayer’s additionally been performing some work on the plate.

“I really talked to him, he feels actually good. I believe he took dry swings yesterday for the primary time,” Cora mentioned. “He’s been working exhausting all through the method with [strength coach Kiyoshi Momose] and the trainers and that’s an ideal first step.”

Whereas Mayer is making optimistic steps in his rehab, it is perhaps somewhat a lot for the Crimson Sox to depend on his return. On prime of the harm timetable, Mayer was inconsistent on the plate in his first massive league season. He hit simply .228 with a .674 OPS, 4 residence runs, and 10 RBIs in 44 video games, though did present some robust protection at second and third base.