It’s always a fool’s errand to try to make proclamations about the very beginning of the baseball season, but if Portland Sea Dogs right-hander Oliver Marquez can continue to dominate like he did in April, he’ll be on the fast track to the majors any day now.
That’s the type of lead sentence you would expect to read if the baseball season was actually underway right now … and if Marquez was a real player. For those who missed last week, Oliver T. Marquez is the next great (virtual) prospect for the Boston Red Sox. We’ll be following along with his (aka my) exploits in MLB The Show’s Road to the Show mode this season.