Every year, someone from the periphery of fan consciousness breaks out to establish themselves as a star player. Today, we're looking at the Top 5 candidates to be that breakout player for 2015.
When I sat down to write this post a year ago, I realized that the first order of business had to be defining what a "breakout player" means in this context. Here's what I said then:
Before we get into this, I need to define what I see as a "breakout" player, mostly so we can separate it from other discussions about newcomers of the year, transfers of the year, or whatever else.