Scott Jenstad advised dropping triple-digit but not all-in FAAB bids on Marcelo Mayer because the rookie has a clear runway at third base while Alex Bregman nurses an oblique injury that cost him 50 games the last time it flared up. Jenstad acknowledged the floor—Mayer owns just an .807 OPS at Triple-A and has never posted an outright ‘knock-the-door-down’ season—but noted several encouraging skill gains: the 22-year-old has trimmed his strikeout rate from the mid-20s to 19 %, is walking more, and ranks in the 48th percentile of Triple-A hitters with a 48 % hard-hit rate. Boston’s alternatives are bleak (Nick Sogard, Abraham Toro, David Hamilton all sub-.250 OBP), so even mediocre production should keep Mayer in the lineup. Fenway’s short right-field fence also plays to his emerging pull-side power, giving him 15-homer, double-digit-steal upside if he sticks. Jenstad summed it up as “big upside, real risk”—worth 12-15 % of remaining budget for teams needing corner or middle infield help.