The Red Sox have found their next STAR...

Do we have a dark horse candidate to be the starting second baseman for the Boston Red Sox? I'm here to break down how Marcelo Meyer is now in the topic of conversation and is getting in the limelight. I'll break it all down on this episode of Red Sox Digest. But first, please do remember to subscribe to the channel as 84.5% of you guys currently watching this video aren't currently subscribed. We do appreciate your love and support, so thank you guys for now. let's get to it and break down how there might be a dark a dark horse for second base now we've had this conversation a bunch this spring about whether it's going to be david hamilton von grisham as well as possibly christian campbell the young prospect but now as of late it seems like there is another opportunity for another prospect to end up being on the opening day roster now before i break down his the quotes and all the all the numbers and everything else i'm going to say i think it's very unlikely that Meyer is going to end up being the opening day starter at second base for the Boston Red Sox and the reason I say that is well actually there's a few the first one is because we are still left-handed heavy if we bring up Meyer and put him at second base the good component about Christian Campbell one of them I should say is the fact that he is another right-handed bat yes he has struggled through this point of spring no one can really argue against that if you go off of the numbers defensively obviously he has been above average he's been good he hasn't made any errors in a decent amount of attempts but now Meyer is getting some of those attempts at second base and again a lot of the social media world will say is going crazy over as they assume that he has a legitimate chance to have an opportunity to earn the second base spot before the opening day actually occurs now I don't think that's going to happen because a few quotes we're going to cite during this episode but again it seems like Meyer is very new to the position of second base he's been working out at short and at third really I won't say exclusively but for the vast majority of the offseason and during spring he does mention in this quote that we're going to then highlight I guess we'll do it now from Rob Bradford on Twitter Marcelo Meyer said before the game that he has very few reps on the backfield at second base before being summoned to play there yesterday and today listen to Meyer talk second base and again he clicked there's a link there that will be down in the description if you guys want to go listen to it it's about a four minute interview between Bradford and Meyer it's really really good it's just him discussing how second base is going how long he's been working on it if he even has been working on it and really just what's the feel what's the ideas going into these reps how do you feel about possibly playing second base and it's a really really good piece of information shout out to Bradford for that as well as this tweet that we're going to cite from Alex Cora as again Bradford goes on to say Cora said on Marseille Meyer playing second base today being possible preview of season quote everybody has a shot and the quote from Alex Cora this is huge and again obviously Cora probably has his mind made up of where he's going to go for second base But if he sees something that he really doesn't want to turn away from, it seems like he's giving Meyer the opportunity to really make a definitive statement going into opening day. Saying, hey, I'm the guy. Like, if you look at the numbers through spring, Meyer has by far and away been one of the best players through spring for the Red Sox. And that might seem crazy because he's a 22-year-old kid. And again, he's only in, what, his third spring training, second spring training? He's been a monster this spring. There's no way around it. he's batting over 300 he has not what nine hits or excuse me 11 hits in 32 abs six runs one home run in 10 rbis with no stolen bases but again the idea is the same he has been a monster at the plate he's batting at a very efficient efficient rate excuse me and again defensively whether he's at short whether he's at third whether he's at second he's been pretty damn good now obviously the reps do matter the amount of reps do matter and because there isn't a whole lot of them we can't say he's definitively going to be a great second baseman or a great third baseman if you will because a lot of the reps are coming at short because that is his really his outright position if you will the majority of the games played this spring have been at short if you notice the one darker gray column there is again 10 games played at shortstop the row just above it the four games at third and then just above that you see the two games at second again not really a lot of reps anywhere else outside third base but again showing that he does have the capabilities being up for the challenge and again always willing to go out there and attempt to do something at the highest level he claims to be a high a very good athlete which obviously is no surprise but again something that he does mention in this really interview if you will with rob bradford mentions he's a good athlete and he's always willing to go out there and try and put out his best effort and again if they want him to play shortstop they want him to play third if they want him to play second he's going to be willing and he's going to be able to do any of that now again what he does also mention in this interview that it the reps matter he needs to get more reps in like he took a few ground balls during the december time he says at second base But again, a lot of them, a lot of the time, a lot of the reps he put in during this offseason through spring were not at second base. So if he looks to play second base, he's going to need more and more reps in order to become more comfortable and really get to just really a stage where things are just muscle memory and he's able to just act and perform at a high level. So again, I, again, do not believe he's going to be our second baseman. I believe that it's going to be a good chance of seeing David Hamilton as well as Christian Campbell. Right now, Campbell is not playing all that well through spring offensively, but again, like we mentioned earlier, defensively, he has been effective, and he has not made any errors at second base at least, and he does have good range for a second baseman, and again, versatility is another key factor. All of these guys that we're mentioning have such a great ability to move all over the diamond. And Campbell, as we mentioned, second left field, probably has the capabilities to put him in right as well. And then for Meyer, he has the ability to play short as well as third. And now he's unlocking second base, and it seems like he's going to be just fine at doing so. So when Alex Corr says everybody really has a shot, there's probably a good idea that he has his mind made up to a certain degree. But if Meyer comes out here and plays and performs at a level that is undeniable, it seems like he's going to be open and optimistic, we'll say, when it comes to watching and breaking down these youngsters and giving them more opportunity to go out there and obtain the reps and prove that they do have the capabilities. And it's not just the offensive swing of things, but defensively, they can still carry their weight. I'm really enjoying this. This is not a bad problem to have a surplus of talent, not only to put in your batting lineup, but obviously to put into defensive positions is going to be a massive, massive plus. Now we, and this is kind of off topic, kind of not, Trevor Story. If Trevor Story finds himself injured at any point of this year, and we see him on our 15, 25, 30, 60 day IELTS, then don't panic. And the reason I say that is because we are most likely going to lean on Meyer to come up in play second or excuse me at shortstop for the Red Sox and the reason being is because that is his one definitive position that's where he's played really the entirety of his career his baseball career whether it be in spring on the double ace league he has the ability to out there and really get the job done so don't panic have faith in these youngsters have faith in Alex Cora and I think we are going to be just fine thank you guys for watching and I'll see you guys on on the next episode of Red Sox Podcast.