{"id":164728,"date":"2026-03-16T01:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T01:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=164728"},"modified":"2026-03-16T01:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T01:09:12","slug":"red-sox-relief-rush-marcelo-mayers-last-minute-scratch-delivers-massive-best-case-scenario-bostons-top-prospect-dodges-disaster-and-could-be-back-swinging-sooner-than-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=164728","title":{"rendered":"RED SOX RELIEF RUSH: Marcelo Mayer\u2019s Last-Minute Scratch Delivers Massive Best-Case Scenario \u2013 Boston\u2019s Top Prospect Dodges Disaster and Could Be Back Swinging Sooner Than Feared"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"overflow-hidden\" data-lead-image=\"true\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full\" title=\"Feb 27, 2026; North Port, Florida, USA; Boston Red Sox second baseman Marcelo Mayer (11) bats in the second inning against the Atlanta Braves during spring training at CoolToday Park. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_176,w_6924,h_3894\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/inside_the_red_sox\/01kksx8pa3vc5d3c9zgt.jpg\" alt=\"Feb 27, 2026; North Port, Florida, USA; Boston Red Sox second baseman Marcelo Mayer (11) bats in the second inning against the Atlanta Braves during spring training at CoolToday Park. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images\" width=\"6924\" height=\"3894\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-4 ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-grey font-group-tiny\" data-lead-image=\"true\">Feb 27, 2026; North Port, Florida, USA; Boston Red Sox second baseman Marcelo Mayer (11) bats in the second inning against the Atlanta Braves during spring training at CoolToday Park. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images | Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\">The Boston Red Sox had a serious scare on Sunday afternoon as Marcelo Mayer was scratched ahead of the club&#8217;s clash against the Minnesota Twins.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">Christopher Smith of MassLive.com reported that the reason why Mayer was scratched from the lineup was due to left knee soreness. Naturally, this led to a bit of a scare on social media with the fanbase. Mayer has massive potential, but injuries have played a role in his young career so far, including in 2025. His first season in the big leagues was cut short due to a wrist injury. With Mayer scratched, it unsurprisingly stoked the fears about injuries. But don&#8217;t worry, Boston fans, everything is alright.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">The Athletic&#8217;s Jen McCaffrey shared on X after the contest that Mayer is alright and is expected to start on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-3\"><strong>The Red Sox infielder was scratched<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_212,w_4060,h_2283\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/inside_the_red_sox\/01kksx858cnvk2hx2xsa.jpg\" alt=\"Boston Red Sox second baseman Marcelo Mayer\" \/>Feb 27, 2026; North Port, Florida, USA; Boston Red Sox second baseman Marcelo Mayer (11) throws to first base in the second inning against the Atlanta Braves during spring training at CoolToday Park. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images | Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\">&#8220;[Alex Cora] said Mayer is fine just knee soreness that cropped up pre game. He will sit tomorrow but start on Tuesday,&#8221; McCaffrey wrote. &#8220;Also said [Trevor Story] is fine. He\u2019s had a heavy workload doing extra defensive work so taking care of him late in camp. He\u2019ll start Tuesday as well. (Monday is a road game).&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cora said Mayer is fine just knee soreness that cropped up pre game. He will sit tomorrow but start on Tuesday<\/p>\n<p>Also said Story is fine. He\u2019s had a heavy workload doing extra defensive work so taking care of him late in camp. He\u2019ll start Tuesday as well. (Monday is a road game)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jen McCaffrey (@jcmccaffrey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jcmccaffrey\/status\/2033274697631035830?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">This is the best-case scenario for the young infielder right now. Obviously, there&#8217;s a bit of nerves any time you see someone get scratched. That&#8217;s especially the case when there are already a bit of injury concerns anyway for a player. But there&#8217;s no need for concern right now for Mayer, despite the knee soreness on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">Mayer has played in eight games so far in Spring Training and has slashed .273\/.407\/.409 with one homer, two RBIs, five walks and three runs scored. As of this moment, Mayer looks like he should be the team&#8217;s starting second baseman on Opening Day. There isn&#8217;t an option for the club with more upside than him right now.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\">So, again, it&#8217;s not shocking that there was asome concern on social media after Boston announced that Mayer was being scratched from the lineup. But he is okay. The Red Sox&#8217;s infield picture has not shifted. Fortunately, Opening Day is under two weeks away as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb 27, 2026; North Port, Florida, USA; Boston Red Sox second baseman Marcelo Mayer (11) bats in the second inning against the Atlanta Braves during spring training&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164733,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>RED SOX RELIEF RUSH: Marcelo Mayer\u2019s Last-Minute Scratch Delivers Massive Best-Case Scenario \u2013 Boston\u2019s Top Prospect Dodges Disaster and Could Be Back Swinging Sooner Than Feared - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=164728\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RED SOX RELIEF RUSH: Marcelo Mayer\u2019s Last-Minute Scratch Delivers Massive Best-Case Scenario \u2013 Boston\u2019s Top Prospect Dodges Disaster and Could Be Back Swinging Sooner Than Feared - 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