Marcelo Mayer

Bats L Throws R6'3" 188 lbBorn 2002 Chula Vista, USADebut 2025Team BOSDraft 2021 R1 #4 Boston Red Sox, Eastlake HSContract 1 y/$783,500 (26) 2026: $230,441

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 86.6FIELD+ 100.3 at 2BTotal 0.35 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	228	208	51	12	1	6	18	56	2	0.247	0.307	0.402	0.709	0.155	0.309	24.7	7.7	93.4	0.53
2027	232	211	50	11	1	6	17	53	3	0.237	0.297	0.376	0.673	0.139	0.296	22.9	7.3	85.3	0.31

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 22

His ten closest age-22 comparables averaged 79 HIT+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Stan Hack	1932	79.0	174.3	71
2	Morrie Rath	1910	80.8	did not play
3	Mike Phillips	1973	77.1	40.5	301
4	Harry Spratt	1911	73.8	100.8	96
5	Willie Greene	1994	79.4	-4.5	22
6	Gavin Lux	2020	75.5	87.7	381
7	Lonnie Chisenhall	2011	90.7	109.2	151
8	Rance Mulliniks	1978	77.4	5.0	78
9	Joe Leonard	1916	83.8	74.8	355
10	Tyler Soderstrom	2024	85.1	126.5	624

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			232		50	11	1	6		3	17	53	0.237	0.297	0.376	0.673	85.3
2026*	BOS	70	228	19	45	10	0	3		3	16	44	0.220	0.282	0.312	0.594	65.5
2025	BOS	44	136	20	29	8	1	4	10	0	8	41	0.228	0.272	0.402	0.674	82.5
Career		44	136	20	29	8	1	4	10	0	8	41	0.228	0.272	0.402	0.674	82.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	228	86.1	8.8	6.1	36.0	26.5	29.2	0.201	0.297	0.259	27.4
2025	136	90.0	6.7	9.2	51.7	28.6	29.6	0.210	0.348	0.263	27.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	BOS	3B	39	249	17	50	1	4	0.985	+0.3
2025	BOS	2B	8	57	10	19	0	3	1.000	+0.7
2025	BOS	SS	2	3	0	1	1	0	0.500	+0.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Bat	193	9 HR, 2 SB	0.271	0.818
2024	AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Bat	335	8 HR, 13 SB	0.307	0.850
2023	AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Bat	190	6 HR, 4 SB	0.189	0.609
2023	A+	Greenville Drive	Bat	164	7 HR, 5 SB	0.290	0.890
2022	A+	Greenville Drive	Bat	116	4 HR, 1 SB	0.265	0.828
2022	A	Salem Red Sox	Bat	308	9 HR, 16 SB	0.286	0.910
2021	Rk	FCL Red Sox	Bat	107	3 HR, 7 SB	0.275	0.817

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.611	0.254	0.218	0.341
2025	0.185	0.326	0.328	0.275

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.