The Red Sox didn’t get Jack Leiter or Henry Davis — two prospects widely projected to be available with their selection — but they did get a player considered by many scouts to be the best in the 2021 MLB Draft: Eastlake High School shortstop Marcelo Mayer.
Scouts are impressed with Mayer’s swing and his potential with average-to-above-average tools in nearly every category. Baseball America wrote that “everything seems to come easy for Mayer, who hits with a calm, fluid swing with good balance and path through the hitting zone, has the strength projection to hit for power in his prime, and plays a smooth, under control game at shortstop.