There’s a surprisingly long list of guys who will be playing their next baseball game in Worcester when they should probably already be on the big league roster.
Atop this list is the beloved and budding bromance of Roman Anthony and Marcelo Mayer, who consistently look like the coolest kids in class on graduation day waiting to take on the real world. They’re ready — there’s just no room for them on the roster without Craig Breslow and company having to make a hard decision. So instead, we’re all stuck waiting. Strike one!
Then there’s the almost inexplicable roster brain bender in Masataka Yoshida, who was healthy enough to hit in spring training, but can’t be a DH because the Sox moved Devers there and he’s blocked.