There’s a common thread among fans of all baseball teams — and really this would generally apply to fans of any sports team, I’d think — in which we all cling onto some sort of intangible potential for a player for years and years. At some point, whether it be as a prospect or for a stretch in the majors, or both, said player displayed potential to be an impact player, and they just couldn’t recapture that. Think Jackie Bradley Jr. or Andrew Benintendi or Nathan Eovaldi, among many, many other examples over the years with the Red Sox.
Trying to find the 2018 version of Nick Pivetta
