Marcelo Mayer might be roommates with Red Sox teammate Roman Anthony, but the young infielder didn’t have any inside information before Anthony signed an eight-year extension with Boston on Wednesday.
“I was watching Narcos on the couch this morning eating a bagel and my buddy texted me about it and I opened Twitter and that’s all I saw,” Mayer told the Boston Herald’s Mac Cerullo on Wednesday. “I gave him a text, told him how proud of him I was and saw him at the field and gave him a big hug. Super happy for him and his family.