He’s Marcelo Mayer, and he’s currently the number six prospect in baseball. For those who have been in a coma since the 2021 MLB Draft, he was the odds-on favorite to go number one overall in that draft out of Westlake High School in Chula Vista, California, but he slipped to the Red Sox at number four. And now, following an injury to Alex Bregman that will ultimately land him on the IL for an as-of-yet unspecified amount of time, Mayer is getting the call to play game two of a double-header against the Orioles, in front of a Fenway crowd that has been clamoring for some excitement to kickstart a .
Meet The New Guy: Marcelo Mayer
