Although he has become a top-10 prospect as a shortstop, many MLB analysts believe Marcelo Mayer will make his Major League debut with the Boston Red Sox at first base. But Joel Reuter of Bleacher Report sees Mayer’s future unfolding across the diamond as MLB’s top player at third base.

Speaking with reporters for the first time since Triston Casas was ruled out for the season after rupturing his left knee tendon and undergoing surgery, Devers said on Thursday that Red Sox management approached him about the idea of filling in as Boston’s first baseman.