It’s been an attention-grabbing couple of weeks for Marcelo Mayer to say the least. Earlier than the video games even began, Alex Cora made it clear that no roster spot was assured for the No. 4 total decide from 2021:
By itself, Cora’s commentary packed some punch, however if you add in Mayer’s paltry enjoying outing of the gate this spring, it carries much more weight. Thus far, Mayer’s solely performed in three video games, and there are 24 different guys in camp who’ve gotten extra at-bats than him, together with fellow infielders Trevor Story, Caleb Durbin, Andruw Monasterio, Max Ferguson, Isiah Kinder-Falefa, Vinny Capra, and Mikey Romero.
Nevertheless, when given the possibility, Mayer’s made probably the most of it with instant impression. In his first sport, he hit a house run within the second at bat.
Then, he was flashing the leather-based in his second sport on Tuesday:
And on Wednesday, he was on base in two of his three plate appearances in opposition to the Yankees.
In different phrases, each time he’s been on the sector to this point this spring, he’s made an impression. If the plan was to ship Mayer a message and get him to lock in and go to the following degree this spring, issues look good to this point within the albeit ridiculously small (and largely irrelevant) pattern dimension. Nonetheless, you may solely benefit from the enjoying time you do get, and to this point that’s taking place this spring with Mayer.
So what’s happening right here? Will Mayer be within the Opening Day lineup in Cincinnati in three weeks? Do the Sox assume he has one other gear he hasn’t tapped into but they usually’re making an attempt to squeeze it out of him? With a lot of the stars gone for the World Baseball Traditional over the following handful of days, Mayer ought to stay one thing near the lead storyline in Fort Myers till additional discover.
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