To be a top prospect is to be saddled with praise that also constantly reminds you of your shortcomings. “Prospect” still means that you haven’t done anything yet, at least not the types of things you’ve set out to do. The goal is to be a top MLB player, not a top prospect. Being an elite prospect is a prison of one’s own design, an acknowledgment of concrete accomplishments in the past that do nothing more than make the future more anticipated and pressurized. To be a top prospect is to be incomplete, with the weight of hope placing the burden of expectation on the eventual completed version.
40 in 40: Taylor Trammell
