Red Sox's Future in Tricky Spot With Marcelo Mayer, Kristian Campbell Decisions
A lot has changed over the last year
Boston Red Sox outfielder Kristian Campbell None of the roster moves the Boston Red Sox made on Saturday came as a surprise, but they were still quite informative of where they are as an organization. As the club announced on social media, outfielder Kristian Campbell was optioned to Triple-A on Saturday, while six other players (pitchers Alec Gamboa, Tayron Guerrero, and Kyle Keller, catcher Jason Delay, infielder Vinny Capra, and outfielder Braiden Ward) were reassigned to minor-league camp. If you like our content, choose Baseball Now as a preferred source on Google.
Meanwhile, Red Sox manager Alex Cora announced that Marcelo Mayer had earned the starting second base job, likely against right-handed pitchers only to start the year. “Marcelo is going to be our second baseman,” Cora said Saturday, via Chris Cotillo of MassLive. “I talked to him today.
He did an amazing job in the offseason. ... I wanted to push him.
Nothing is given here. Obviously, last year wasn’t great for him offensively but it’s part of the process and he understands that. Mayer and Campbell were once part of the "big three," the most exciting group of position player prospects the Red Sox have had in recent memory.