It's a familiar story for Red Sox fans. Brock Holt starts the year like a man possessed, and finishes it like a ghost. For some reason, in 2014, he was never the same after the All-Star break. He finished the first half with a 5-for-6 explosion against Houston to raise his OPS to an impressive .834, then proceeded to hit .219/.278/.271 the rest of the way, finishing the season with a decent-but-mundane line of .281/.331/.381 and all the momentum of a turtle climbing uphill.
So when Holt started the 2015 season with a bang, hitting .292/.379/.412 in the first half and earning himself a trip to the All-Star Game, it was cause for celebration!