Deven Sommer Marrero (born August 25, 1990) is an American professional baseball infielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, Miami Marlins and New York Mets. Early years Marrero graduated from American Heritage School, a private school in Plantation, Florida. He enrolled at Arizona State University, and played college baseball for the Arizona State Sun Devils. As a freshman at Arizona State in 2010, he had a .397 batting average with 42 runs batted in to earn a spot on the Collegiate Baseball First Team Freshman All-American squad as well as All-Conference honorable mention honors. In the 2011 season, he was named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and earned a spot on the All-Conference first team, all while hitting a .313 average. After the 2010 and 2011 seasons, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Marrero was selected 24th overall by the Red Sox in the first round of the 2012 MLB draft. Career Boston Red Sox Marrero began his professional career in 2012 with Single-A Lowell Spinners of the New York–Penn League, where he posted a .268/.358/.374 slash line with 19 extra-base hits, 45 runs and 24 stolen bases in 64 games. Entering 2013, Marrero was ranked as the 11th-best prospect in the Red Sox' minor league system. He was invited to spring training, becoming the first Red Sox position player to attend spring training the season following the year he was drafted, since Scott Hatteberg in 1991 and 1992. He began the 2013 season with the Salem Red Sox and was promoted to the AA Portland Sea Dogs after hitting .256 over 85 games. Marrero began the 2014 season with Portland and, after hitting .291 over 68 games, he was promoted to the AAA Pawtucket Red Sox. He hit .210 over 50 games with Pawtucket. Following the 2014 season, Marrero was named the Red Sox Minor League Defensive Player of the Year. The Red Sox promoted Marrero to the major leagues on June 25, 2015. He made his major league debut against the Tampa Bay Rays on June 28 at second base after Mike Napoli was ejected in the second inning. Marrero hit his first major league home run off of Caleb Cotham of the New York Yankees on September 28, 2015. During the