Marcelo Mayer hasn’t logged a single at-bat at Triple-A Worcester so far in his young baseball career.
Nor has the 22-year-old shortstop spent a significant amount of time at second base during his tenure in Boston’s system.
But with Mayer — currently tabbed as MLB’s 12th-ranked prospect — scorching at the plate during spring training, Red Sox manager Alex Cora is not ruling out Mayer as a potential candidate for the team’s starting spot at second base ahead of Opening Day next week.
“He can do it,” Cora told The Boston Globe of Mayer’s viability as a second baseman on Wednesday.