It’s been a very difficult and sad journey for San Diego Padres prospect Anderson Espinoza.
The 22-year-old Venezuelan was signed by the Boston Red Sox in 2014 for nearly $2 million.
In 2015 he put up a 1.23 ERA in 58.1 innings with 65 strikeouts and was a top 20 prospect in all of baseball going into the 2016 season in which he posted a 4.65 ERA in 108.1 innings with 100 strikeouts.
The Red Sox then traded him to the Padres during that 2016 season for Drew Pomeranz.
But then injury struck in 2017 when he underwent his first Tommy John surgery that ultimately cost him all of 2017 season (as he sat out all of the 2017 season before having the surgery in August) and all of 2018.