Marcelo Mayer Leaves Game Against Phillies

The Boston Red Sox lead the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 in the seventh inning, and the Red Sox suffered a loss as Marcelo Mayer left the game in the bottom of the fifth inning. Mayer left the game with right wrist discomfort. He had 0-1 with a run scored, a walk, and a strikeout in tonight’s game. Mayer, this season in his rookie year, is hitting .228 with a .674 OPS. He has eight doubles, a triple, four home runs, ten RBI, 20 runs scored, and eight walks. In 43 games in the minors this season, he hit .271 with a .818 OPS. He had five doubles, a triple, nine home runs, 43 RBI, 31 runs scored, two stolen bases, and 20 walks.

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Marcelo Mayer

The Red Sox drafted Mayer fourth overall in the 2021 MLB Draft. Mayer, in 315 career minor league games in the Red Sox system, is hitting .273 with a .826 OPS. He has 86 doubles, six triples, 46 home runs, 205 RBI, 220 runs scored, 48 stolen bases, and 165 walks. He entered this season as a top ten prospect and got the callup after Alex Bregman got hurt and played well enough to stick around.