Rookie infielder Marcelo Mayer hoped to get back on the field to help the Red Sox in their final push for the playoffs. Instead, he will undergo season-ending surgery on his ailing right wrist in the coming days,

Mayer exited the Red Sox’ game against the Phillies on July 23 in the bottom of the fifth inning with an injury later determined to be to the triangular fibrocartilage complex.