{"id":607793,"date":"2026-03-05T13:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/607793\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T13:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:54:13","slug":"will-marcelo-mayer-make-the-opening-day-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/607793\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Marcelo Mayer make the Opening Day roster?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">It\u2019s been an interesting couple of weeks for Marcelo Mayer to say the least. Before the games even started, Alex Cora made it clear that no roster spot was guaranteed for the No. 4 overall pick from 2021:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">By itself, Cora\u2019s commentary packed some punch, but when you add in Mayer\u2019s paltry playing time out of the gate this spring, it carries even more weight. So far, Mayer\u2019s only played in three games, and there are 24 other guys in camp who\u2019ve gotten more at-bats than him, including fellow infielders Trevor Story, Caleb Durbin, Andruw Monasterio, Max Ferguson, Isiah Kinder-Falefa, Vinny Capra, and Mikey Romero.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">However, when given the chance, Mayer\u2019s made the most of it with immediate impact. In his first game, he hit a home run in the second at bat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/redsox\/video\/marcelo-mayer-s-first-homer-of-spring-training\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:View Link;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">View Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Then, he was flashing the leather in his second game on Tuesday:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/redsox\/video\/marcelo-mayer-makes-two-glove-flip-outs-in-the-2nd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:View Link;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">View Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">And on Wednesday, he was on base in two of his three plate appearances against the Yankees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In other words, every time he\u2019s been on the field so far this spring, he\u2019s made an impact. If the plan was to send Mayer a message and get him to lock in and go to the next level this spring, things look good so far in the albeit ridiculously small (and largely irrelevant) sample size. Still, you can only make the most of the playing time you do get, and so far that\u2019s happening this spring with Mayer.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">So what\u2019s going on here? Will Mayer be in the Opening Day lineup in Cincinnati in three weeks? Do the Sox think he has another gear he hasn\u2019t tapped into yet and they\u2019re trying to squeeze it out of him? With most of the stars gone for the World Baseball Classic over the next handful of days, Mayer should remain something close to the lead storyline in Fort Myers until further notice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Talk about this, and whatever else is on your mind today, and as always, be good to one another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been an interesting couple of weeks for Marcelo Mayer to say the least. Before the games even&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[858,7583,47,5,48,3615,15558,535,182,31521,74497,1248,63203,4,1035,7585,142],"class_list":{"0":"post-607793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-alex-cora","9":"tag-andruw-monasterio","10":"tag-baltimore-orioles","11":"tag-baseball","12":"tag-boston-red-sox","13":"tag-caleb-durbin","14":"tag-christopher-smith","15":"tag-cincinnati","16":"tag-florida","17":"tag-fort-myers","18":"tag-jetblue-park-at-fenway-south","19":"tag-marcelo-mayer","20":"tag-max-ferguson","21":"tag-mlb","22":"tag-trevor-story","23":"tag-vinny-capra","24":"tag-yankees"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116176910216929260","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607793","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=607793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}