Comments on: Roster Recap: Deven Marrero’s Miracle-Making Glove

By: Brett Cowett

Brett Cowett — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 14:55:34 +0000

Wouldn’t that just be attributed to a lack of effort instead of a lack of talent and/or skill? Not being able to play defense well is one thing, but not putting forth effort is something completely separate, because that doesn’t detract from what he can do. There’s a myriad of mental reasons why he could’ve been playing terribly, and the fact that Bogaerts broke out in 2015 is probably a cause of most of those reasons.

And comparing him to guys like Correa is unfair. Correa, Seager, and Russell were all prodigious hitters and consistently earned above-average or high marks in every one of their five tools. Marrero wasn’t going to be a great hitter unless something miraculous happened, but he’s probably as good – if not better – at fielding the position. And now he can play 3B and 2B.

By: harmony

harmony — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 04:00:40 +0000

Overlooked are the 16 errors Deven Marrero committed in only 90 games last year at Triple A Pawtucket. That rate is higher than the 27 errors in 155 MLB games committed last year by shortstop Ian Desmond, who ranked second in errors in all of MLB.
SoxProspects wrote: “As Director of Scouting Ian Cundall wrote on June 23, Marrero seemed to lack focus in the field at times and made errors on some easy plays as a result. Perhaps this can be attributed to moving quickly up the minor league ladder in his career, and for the first time, he was spending extended time at one level without a clear path to a promotion.”
However, Marrero, who was drafted out of college, was not rushed more than Carlos Correa, Addison Russell and Corey Seager, shortstops selected out of high school ahead of Marrero in the June 2012 draft.