His next start should be in five or six days with the Tribe. That will be the real test. Not just that start, but the four or five starts remaining before the playoffs. Every day is not the World Series. Every game doesn't bring standing ovations and flattering headlines.
Every season is different, very different.
Reality called his name in 1998, when hitters discovered Wright did indeed have a fastball that sizzled, but his curve sometimes was flatter than a pancake. Too hard, and he became wild. He walked too many. He finished the 1998 season with a 12-10 record, a 4.72 ERA and a dismal showing in the playoffs. Major League Baseball shows no mercy.