r/redsox • u/Corn1989 • 2d ago

IMAGE Red Sox first round picks from 2000-2026

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u/OrestMercator9876 2d ago

I bet a lot of teams’ slates look like this. Baseball is really tough to project.

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u/Vagina_Woolf 2d ago

the mental fortitude it takes to to get out of the minors and establish yourself in the show isnt considered enough by fans I think.

the grind of professional baseball is unlike any other sport in that the slightest change in your motivation or self-belief can happen very easily, which can lead to more fatigue, both physical and mental, which invariably leads to changes in your biomechanics. and since baseball has such a small margin for error in those biomechanics, all of a sudden you're playing terribly with no obvious explanation.

just coming back from THAT takes a huge amount of mental focus, let alone coming back from an injury that changes your mechanics