A frustrating partial season in AA has come to an end for Marcelo Mayer. The super prospect will miss what little remains of the Portland season as he continues his recovery from shoulder inflammation. The good news is that he’s progressing and is set to resume baseball activities in Fort Myers next week. The bad news is he ends he year on a down note, having slashed just .189/.254/.355 with 6 homers in 43 Eastern League games. That’s still not much of a sample size, though, and a lot of his underlying metrics indicated he may have been the victim of some bad luck (his BABIP in Portland was around 100 points lower than it was in Salem and Greenville), so it’s still a little early to worry about his long-term development.
Red Sox News & Links: Marcelo Mayer Shut Down For Season
