Boston Red Sox Report Cards: Left Handed Pitcher Brian Johnson

The BoSox Injection team grades the 2018 season for each member of the Boston Red Sox. Up next is left-handed pitcher Brian Johnson.

Brian Johnson was once a top prospect after being drafted by the Boston Red Sox in 2012. Since then, injuries and other unfortunate events had derailed his career.

He has taken batted or thrown balls to the head three times now, with one in 2012 fracturing multiple bones in his face. In 2015, he was robbed at gunpoint in his car in Florida. In 2016, he contemplated retiring while batting depression and anxiety. Regardless of his performance, it is hard to not appreciate and respect him for never giving up. The fact that he found a way to battle through…