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Red Sox Select Marcelo Mayer, SS, Eastlake HS (CA)
jimoh
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Post by jimoh on Jul 19, 2021 20:51:10 GMT -5
Nice Arizona story on the Mayer family's roots in AZ and Mexico and how his dad and two uncles played ball. "When the Boston Red Sox selected Marcelo Mayer .., they’d seen the young prospect’s performance with baseball teams based in the San Diego area, where his family lives. But the 18-year-old infielder also has roots in Nogales, where Mayer family members have played ball on both sides of the border. Marcelo’s father Enrique Mayer and uncle Edward Mayer both played on the Nogales High School baseball team that won the Arizona state championship in 1981. And he’s also related to Hector “Chero” Mayer, the Nogales, Sonora native who played in the St. Louis Cardinals minor league system in the 1950s, as well as in the Mexican League." "He still hasn’t signed a contract ... but he’ll head to Boston for a physical exam this week. Then he’ll fly to the Red Sox’s training facility in Ft. Myers, Fla., his father said." www.nogalesinternational.com/sports/first-round-mlb-draft-pick-has-nogales-roots/article_54560ee0-e8ef-11eb-b49a-fb7224923436.html
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Post by chr31ter on Jul 22, 2021 14:43:27 GMT -5
Getting close to an agreement?
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radiohix
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Post by radiohix on Jul 22, 2021 14:46:51 GMT -5
Getting close to an agreement? He's playing 2nd base tonight
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Post by radiohix on Jul 22, 2021 14:57:57 GMT -5
HERE WE GO!!!!!
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Post by chr31ter on Jul 22, 2021 15:04:24 GMT -5
Woah.
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Post by jimed14 on Jul 22, 2021 15:05:25 GMT -5
So two observations. One is, just look at his reaction. I don't think he's demanding over slot after seeing that.Two, I never even considered the possibility of him falling to us. It's about the only pick that could have been better than House. Does the "I was right!" dance!
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radiohix
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Post by radiohix on Jul 22, 2021 15:40:58 GMT -5
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Post by greenmonster on Jul 22, 2021 17:44:53 GMT -5
Nice interview with Mayer by Jahmai Webster just aired on NESN. Kid comes across very well. Humble and very likable! Final question by Jahmai....
Q: What are you going to do now that you are a professional baseball player?
A: "......Work my butt off"
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Post by azblue on Jul 22, 2021 18:01:36 GMT -5
Adding my post on the draft signing thread here also:
After watching and reading interviews of Mayer and reading reports about his personality and character, I am betting that he easily and eagerly accepted slot to allow the team to have more flexibility about signing his future teammates. That seems to be the kind of unselfish leader that he is.
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Post by ramireja on Jul 22, 2021 18:07:47 GMT -5
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Post by dfwsox on Jul 22, 2021 18:19:20 GMT -5
So fired up about this kid and our draft. Seems like mature kid with great attitude. Good luck kid.
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Post by pedroelgrande on Jul 22, 2021 18:29:42 GMT -5
The best player in the draft for #4 slot? What kind of sorcery is that!
I believe when all the numbers come in he might still get paid the most in the draft or second behind Leiter.
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Post by iakovos11 on Jul 22, 2021 18:32:01 GMT -5
The best player in the draft for #4 slot? What kind of sorcery is that! Chaim is a genius . . .
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Post by jimoh on Jul 22, 2021 20:04:14 GMT -5
After seeing on twitter a brief vid of Marcelo taking grounders next to a much thicker Xander, I went back and found that great "honkbal" video of Xander and Jaer at 16. A great 88 seconds:
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Post by Underwater Johnson on Jul 22, 2021 21:56:57 GMT -5
So two observations. One is, just look at his reaction. I don't think he's demanding over slot after seeing that.Two, I never even considered the possibility of him falling to us. It's about the only pick that could have been better than House. Does the "I was right!" dance! I was with you in the minority of us saying he would get slot. It was widely reported that he was "insisting on slot" from the top three, so why suddenly demand over slot at #4? As far as negotiations, why on Earth would he turn down slot to go be a freshman at USC? I never bought the "the Sox promised him over-slot when he fell past Texas so he wouldn't go to Detroit" argument. The Tigers were going under slot all the way, just like the Pirates; the Rangers were on Leiter all the way.
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Post by Underwater Johnson on Jul 22, 2021 22:03:20 GMT -5
After seeing on twitter a brief vid of Marcelo taking grounders next to a much thicker Xander, I went back and found that great "honkbal" video of Xander and Jaer at 16. A great 88 seconds: That's pretty awesome. Xander has said that Dutch is the toughest of the four languages he speaks. Sounded pretty good there.
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radiohix
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Post by radiohix on Jul 22, 2021 23:14:19 GMT -5
Very thoughtful of the Red Sox to offer our prince a memorable victory over the MFY in his signing day. Class organization lol ADD: Can't stop watching his swing in slow-mo in the Red Sox IG story. My goodness it's a thing of beauty!
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 22, 2021 23:27:53 GMT -5
Thrilled to have Marcelo Mayer in the Red Sox organization.
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Post by mobaz on Jul 23, 2021 7:56:21 GMT -5
Awkward question: When does it switch from me being shocked every time I see Mayer that he looks so much like Vinnie Chase to me being shocked every time I see Vinnie Chase that he looks so much like Marcelo Mayer? 3 All-star games? MVP? 10 years at SS for the Sox? The likeness keeps startling me.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jul 23, 2021 9:25:33 GMT -5
After seeing on twitter a brief vid of Marcelo taking grounders next to a much thicker Xander, I went back and found that great "honkbal" video of Xander and Jaer at 16. A great 88 seconds: Thank you. Except now I'll have the "BRING IT ON, BRING IT ON..." part in my head all day. By the way, I'd never caught the teen idol wink at 1:05 in all the times I've seen this video. SWOON.
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radiohix
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Post by radiohix on Jul 23, 2021 14:27:33 GMT -5
Honestly, I'm more amped for his debut than I was for Moncada's.
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Post by jaffinator on Jul 23, 2021 15:21:44 GMT -5
Honestly, I'm more amped for his debut than I was for Moncada's. Is Cora trying to set his daughter up with Mayer there?
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Post by bluechip on Jul 23, 2021 17:34:18 GMT -5
Honestly, I'm more amped for his debut than I was for Moncada's.
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