‘Dude, that kid is so good’: Opponents in Marcelo Mayer’s final prep game remember facing Red Sox pick

Eastlake High shortstop Marcelo Mayer looks on during a CIF playoff game between Eastlake High School and San Marcos High School on June 17, 2021 in San Marcos, Calif. Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire Talking about Red Sox first-round draft pick Marcelo Mayer and the grand slam he hit on the final at-bat of his high-school career is pretty easy for Ayala High School baseball coach Chris Vogt — the opposing coach that day.

Primarily, of course, the fact that Mayer’s final at-bat came in a Southern California regional playoff game meant that Ayala beat Mayer’s Eastlake High School squad — an 8-6 victory made (slightly) more tense by Mayer’s seventh-inning heroics.

“I told my pitching coach,…