BOSTON -- The Red Sox placed infielder Marcelo Mayer on the 10-day injured list because of a left forearm injury Friday.
To take his place, the club recalled infielder Tsung-Che Cheng from Triple-A Worcester before their game against the New York Yankees.
Interim manager Chad Tracy said the 23-year-old Mayer has been dealing soreness for a while.
"The recommendation of the doctors was if this is something that if you can get off and rest, that would be the best thing to do right now," Tracy said.
The team said it was a "bone stress reaction to the left ulna."
Mayer, the fourth overall pick in the 2021 MLB draft, has struggled this season, batting .220 with three homers and 22 RBIs.
Cheng made his Red Sox debut Friday, hitting a double and tallying an RBI in three at-bats while starting at shortstop and batting ninth during a 6-1 win. He was claimed off waivers from the Washington Nationals in February after playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates last season.
Mayer is the third infielder this season who started the year with the club to go on the injured list. Shortstop Trevor Story needed sports hernia surgery in May, and Isiah Kiner-Falefa went on the IL with a forearm injury last week.
