The immediate successes of Juan Soto, Bo Bichette, and others have likely spoiled some baseball fans, or at least set their expectations higher than the sky for their favorite team’s prospects. But the enormous amount of pressure set upon these young players to perform at the highest level right out of the gate is downright unrealistic, and I hope this is not the case with Mariners fans and Jake Fraley.
I hope that Mariners fans are smart enough to recognize everything that goes into the development of a Major League player, even those that dominate the minor leagues like Fraley has done for the past two years.