The Red Sox are promoting top infield prospect Marcelo Mayer, reports ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Katie Morrison-O’Day of MassLive first noted that Mayer was being congratulated by his teammates in the minor league clubhouse. Her MassLive colleague Christopher Smith reported that the former first-round pick is headed to Fenway Park to meet the team in Boston.
The promotion comes as Alex Bregman navigates a left quad injury that seems likely to send him to the 10-day injured list. Bregman came out of yesterday’s blowout win over the Orioles in the fifth inning. He came up a bit gimpy after making an aggressive turn around the first base bag on a single off the Green Monster. He immediately exited in favor of Abraham Toro. The team is still awaiting MRI results after Bregman went for imaging this morning. Manager Alex Cora told reporters (including WEEI’s Rob Bradford) that the star third baseman woke up with more soreness than he’d expected today.
More to come.
