With the start of the season about three weeks away and every player in the best shape of their lives after a summer of five a day workouts filled with rising and grinding, irrational optimism regarding team success is at its zenith. Especially given that it seems so many of the of the second year and incoming rookie players have such obvious potential. Therefore, I decided to take a stab at quantifying that potential and then determining what players reached that threshold and those that did not. There will be several chapters in this series, so stay tuned. The articles will contain varying levels of statistical complexity, and this one is pretty low.