The euphoria of early spring results of players considered the future of the Red Sox creates an illusion that invariably is extrapolated to a conclusion where future success is as guaranteed as saying the sun is hot. And hot is exactly what number one prospect Michael Chavis has been in the first few games tossed into the baseball mixer. A home run hitting delight. I will offer up a second opinion based on a recent BSI article on Chavis. That – of course – can be considered to any preeminent prospect. Be wary.
It happens every spring is the title of a rather ordinary baseball movie, but also about an endless stream of adulation for players that one fully expects to stay in Boston for fifteen or so seasons before giving their required speech at their Baseball Hall of Fame induction.