{"id":54617,"date":"2025-05-11T23:25:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T23:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=54617"},"modified":"2025-05-11T23:25:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T23:25:21","slug":"red-sox-prospect-projected-to-become-top-mlb-player-at-new-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=54617","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Prospect Projected to Become Top MLB Player at New Position"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Marcelo-Mayer.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Marcelo-Mayer.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Marcelo-Mayer.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Marcelo-Mayer.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Red Sox Prospect Projected to Become Top MLB Player at New Position\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Boston Red Sox prospect Marcelo Mayer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Although he has become a <\/span>top-10 prospect <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> as a shortstop, many MLB analysts believe <\/span>Marcelo Mayer <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> will make his Major League debut with the <\/span>Boston Red Sox <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> at first base.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But Joel Reuter of Bleacher Report <\/span>sees Mayer\u2019s future unfolding <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> across the diamond as MLB\u2019s top player at third base.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Red Sox fans have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Mayer at Fenway Park since he was drafted as <\/span>the No. 4 overall pick <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in the 2021 draft. One of \u201cthe Big Three\u201d along with <\/span>Kristian Campbell <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span>Roman Anthony <span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the 6-foot-3, 188-pound <\/span>Mayer <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> has done nothing but hit while steadily climbing through Boston\u2019s minor league system.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Marcelo Mayer Has Dominated Offensively at Triple-A Worcester<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This season, his first at Triple-A, Mayer has played in 32 of Worcester\u2019s 36 games, posting a slash line of .277\/.342\/.492 with an .834 OPS, hitting five doubles and seven home runs with 35 RBIs in 130 at bats. <\/span>Geoff Pontes of Baseball America recently highlighted <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> some of the \u201cunder-the-hood data\u201d that points to Mayer\u2019s readiness to face major league pitching.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe\u2019re a month into the season, and this is the best Mayer has looked in his professional career,\u201d Pontes wrote. \u201cHe has the lowest chase rate of his career to date with a 25% mark, down from a year ago. Mayer\u2019s contact metrics are also up, as his in-zone whiff this season is down to 17%. The improvement in plate skills has seen Mayer grow into his reputation as an advanced-hitting shortstop with power.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWhile he showed development as a power hitter in 2024, his exit velocity metrics are once again up across the board. Mayer\u2019s 107.4 mph 90th percentile EV is up nearly a full tick from his 2024 mark of 106.5 mph. Now on the cusp of the major leagues, Mayer is showing the blend of skills needed to make a successful jump.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In his last 18 games with the WooSox, the 22-year-old from the San Diego suburb of Chula Vista has batted .357 with five home runs. Mayer was named International Player of the Week for the week of April 21-27 after batting . 450 (9-for-20) with three doubles, three homers, 12 RBIs and seven runs scored, only increasing the chatter over when Mayer will receive the call from Boston.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With the recent loss of first baseman <\/span>Triston Casas <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to a season-ending injury, the suggestion has been raised that the Red Sox could bring Mayer up to fill that spot. ESPN\u2019s Buster Olney <\/span>took an anonymous poll <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of several front office representatives, scouts and other staffers from around MLB, and putting Mayer at first base for the rest of the season was a popular option.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cHe\u2019s athletic enough to do it,\u201d one staffer said, \u201cand he\u2019d hold down the position offensively. You\u2019d have some growing pains on defense, but he\u2019s played on the right side of the infield before [at second] and he would hit enough to make it work.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Marcelo Mayer Expected to Get Called Up to Boston in 2025<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Despite the current presence of <\/span>veteran Trevor Story at the shortstop position <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for the Red Sox, the general consensus is that Mayer has <\/span>nothing left to prove at Triple-A <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and will arrive at Boston sooner rather than later. However, what will be his long-term position in the major leagues? Could he be Boston\u2019s third baseman of the future?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As part of Bleacher Report\u2019s MLB 30 in \u201930 series, where the publication gazes into the crystal ball to list the top players in each position for the 2030 season, Reuter forecasts that \u201cone of the best prospects in baseball\u201d is on a path to become the top player at the hot corner in the entire league.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWhile he has good hands, he lacks the quick-twitch athleticism generally associated with the shortstop position, and his 6\u20193\u2033 frame and strong arm would be a clean fit at third base,\u201d Reuter wrote.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dave Benson Dave Benson is a longtime writer with over three decades of experience in a variety of mediums, including 15 years covering high school, collegiate and minor league sports in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Dave is also a licensed English teacher and spent a few years teaching at the middle school level. More about Dave Benson<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Red Sox News<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Boston Red Sox prospect Marcelo Mayer has primarily played shortstop, an MLB analyst predicts he will become MLB&#8217;s top third baseman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":54618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54617","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 Prospect Projected to Become Top MLB Player at New Position - 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=54617\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Red Sox Prospect Projected to Become Top MLB Player at New Position - 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