2025 In A Discarded-On-The-Dugout-Floor Nutshell

He looked calm, cool, and collected at the Major Leagues level— but he still needs to find a way to stay on the field.

The Good

I don’t know if this was the supposed Alex Bregman influence or if this is just how Marcelo Mayer is as a player in general, but he looked ready defensively for the Major leagues as soon as he stepped on the field. Between time at third base and second base, Mayer made things as smooth as possible in the infield, a pinch point that consistently had been nagging at Red Sox defenders of seasons prior. 1 error in 39 games at third base, a total run value of 1 and a total Outs Above Average of 3, I think a lot of us would take that compared to the many miscues of the land of misfit toys the infield has been of late.

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