Marcelo Mayer was diagnosed with a sprained wrist. Beyond that, he doesn’t know much about the ailment — or how long he’ll be out.

Marcelo Mayer's rookie season with the Boston Red Sox has been put on pause. The infielder was placed on the 10-day Injured List Friday with a right wrist sprain, the team announced. Mayer suffered the injury in Wednesday night's extra-innings win over the Phillies in Philadelphia,

It’s that time of the year, of course, and the Red Sox were busy dealing with a new wrinkle in their deadline plans. With less than a week to go before Thursday’s trade deadline, Breslow and company reshuffled their defensive alignment,