{"id":564565,"date":"2026-02-10T18:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/564565\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T18:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:22:19","slug":"craig-breslow-says-red-sox-infielder-will-have-chance-to-compete-for-a-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/564565\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig Breslow Says Red Sox Infielder Will Have Chance To &#8216;Compete For A Spot&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some Boston Red Sox fans are likely wondering what <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/02\/red-sox-brewers-trade-shows-one-pitcher-tough-reality-of-mlb\/\" id=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/02\/red-sox-brewers-trade-shows-one-pitcher-tough-reality-of-mlb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Monday\u2019s trade<\/a> with the Milwaukee Brewers means for infielder Marcelo Mayer.<\/p>\n<p>Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow discussed the 23-year-old former <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/02\/red-sox-top-prospect-named-breakout-candidate-heading-into-2026-season\/\" id=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/02\/red-sox-top-prospect-named-breakout-candidate-heading-into-2026-season\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">top prospect\u2019s<\/a> status on Monday in the wake of the Red Sox acquiring infielders Andruw Monasterio, Anthony Seigler and Caleb Durbin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCraig Breslow on Marcelo Mayer: \u2018He needs to come into camp and compete and show us what he\u2019s capable of, but he\u2019s got a ton of potential, absolutely, to be an everyday player,&#8217;\u201d Mac Cerullo of The Boston Herald posted on Bluesky. \u201c\u2018He\u2019ll have an opportunity in front of him to come in and compete for a spot.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">Craig Breslow on Marcelo Mayer: \u201cHe needs to come into camp and compete and show us what he\u2019s capable of, but he\u2019s got a ton of potential, absolutely, to be an everyday player.&#8221; &#8220;He\u2019ll have an opportunity in front of him to come in and compete for a spot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:3e3m65k5o27wcievtfdmmnyi?ref_src=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mac Cerullo (@maccerullo.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:3e3m65k5o27wcievtfdmmnyi\/post\/3mehdxicrxv2d?ref_src=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026-02-09T21:04:08.935Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Durbin\u2019s presence could have the biggest impact on Mayer\u2019s playing time, one way or another.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The former had a solid 2025 rookie campaign, posting 11 home runs and 18 stolen bases with a .256\/.334\/.387 slash line across 136 games.<\/p>\n<p>Durbin finished third in National League Rookie of the Year voting and played 131 contests at the hot corner last year.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Mayer was <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/01\/insider-lays-out-red-soxs-2026-projected-lineup-following-alex-bregman-news\/\" id=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/01\/insider-lays-out-red-soxs-2026-projected-lineup-following-alex-bregman-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">projected by some <\/a>to be Boston\u2019s starting third baseman prior to Monday\u2019s deal but now it isn\u2019t out of the question to consider having the former fourth overall pick come off the bench.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Mayer had four home runs and 10 RBIs with a .228\/.272\/.402 triple slash in 44 games in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2025\/07\/red-sox-place-highly-touted-rookie-on-injured-list\/\" id=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2025\/07\/red-sox-place-highly-touted-rookie-on-injured-list\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">suffered a wrist sprain<\/a> on July 23 and underwent surgery in August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some Boston Red Sox fans are likely wondering what Monday\u2019s trade with the Milwaukee Brewers means for infielder&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,6930,1248],"class_list":{"0":"post-564565","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-craig-breslow","10":"tag-marcelo-mayer"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116047730722944314","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}