Marcelo Mayer Leaves Game With Right Wrist Discomfort

[Matthew Lenz]

Ahead of the home half of the fifth inning, the Boston Red Sox replaced infielder Marcelo Mayer with Abraham Toro at third base. 

Shortly after the move was made, Chris Cotillo of MassLive reported he left Wednesday's game with right wrist discomfort. At this point the severity of the injury is unclear.

With the Red Sox reportedly being aggressive over the next week, some speculated whether he was possibly traded mid-game. Unfortunately, that's not the case and video from the dugout shows Mayer pointing to his wrist.

Mayer was called up following Alex Bergman's injury earlier this season. In 43 games this season, he has an OPS of .674 with 4 home runs, 19 runs scored, and 10 runs batted in. He has seen playing time at third base, second base, and shortstop.

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[mvp 78]

The same wrist he had an issue with in '22 that had him miss a month. This was just caused by him swinging the bat and not a contact issue, correct? 

[Hitch]

Any further news on this? 

Who comes up? Is it Grissom time?

[illinoisredsox]

1 hour ago, Hitch said:

Any further news on this? 

Who comes up? Is it Grissom time?

They would have gotten back to Boston early this morning so he probably had x-rays/MRI late today; I wouldn’t expect news until tomorrow.

As far as a call-up, Eaton might be the guy since he can play 3rd (important with Bregman likely being limited to 2 starts per 3 games for a while) and so far as I know, neither Hamilton  nor Grissom can.  Sogard would also a possibility for the same reason.