Boston Red Sox infielder Marcelo Mayer's rookie season is over, as the team announced Sunday that he'll have season-ending surgery on his right wrist.

The 22-year-old Mayer injured the wrist in late July, got an injection to try and come back, but decided to have surgery.

Marcelo Mayer injury

Mayer said he has a tear that hadn't improved with the anti-inflammatory injection.

"I knew definitely that it was going to be on the table," he said, sitting in the Red Sox dugout at Fenway Park before they faced Miami in the series finale.

"As an athlete and somebody that loves this game so much, all I want to do is play and be out there every single day, especially when you're in the big leagues and the playoffs are so important," he said. "The way that my wrist is right now, there's just no w

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