5 Red Sox Things to Watch Before Opening Day: Final Roster Clues From Boston’s Last Spring Games
The Red Sox are almost at Opening Day, but the final few spring games still matter. From Marcelo Mayer’s push at second base to the last bullpen spot and a crowded outfield picture, here are five Boston storylines worth watching before March 26.
5 Red Sox Things to Watch Before Opening Day: Final Roster Clues From Boston’s Last Spring Games originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Red Sox are close enough to Opening Day that most of the big-picture questions have already been answered.
Boston knows Garrett Crochet is leading the staff , knows the lineup has real upside, and knows March 26 in Cincinnati is coming fast. But these last few spring games still matter, because the final details of the roster are not just procedural. A couple of them could shape how the first week of the season looks, and maybe even how the first month plays out.
1. Is Marcelo Mayer officially ready to lock down second base? Red Sox prospect Marcelo Mayer gets ready for a spring training game in Fort Myers, Florida.
Mandatory Credit: WooSox Photo/Ashley Green / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images This still feels like the biggest position-player storyline of the final stretch. Alex Cora has praised Mayer repeatedly, saying he is “checking all the boxes,” but as of this week, Boston still had not formally locked him into the Opening Day roster. That matters, because it is one thing to have a prospect trending in the right direction and another to hand him a real everyday job before the games count.
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