Just what is tabula rasa? My first exposure to the term was in the readings of English philosopher John Locke and its essentials are a clean slate. In baseball, when the season begins there is equality since no team has a record. As the month’s roll by that changes dramatically with some teams mired in the muck of well under .500 and others in jubilation as they are showing the stuff of potential champions. Just what will happen to the Red Sox slate?
Spring training will show a coalescence of the roster as positions and determined and pitching is formalized.