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Young Puerto Rican pitcher Juan Sosa got a vote of confidence in May 1990 from Red Sox scout Wayne Britton, The Boston Globe wrote . Britton recommended that Sosa attend the Red Sox minor league camp that spring, The Globe wrote . "He's a big, rawboned kid with good stuff," Britton told The Globe . "He really has a lot of potential. It's going to be fun watching this develop." For Sosa, though, no matter what kind of stuff he had, his chances to develop in the minors proved brief. He saw just two seasons. He spent both in rookie ball . Sosa's career began that year in 1990, signed by the Red Sox as a free agent out of his native Puerto Rico. Sosa started with the Red Sox in the rookie Gulf Coast League . He got into 12 games and started eight. He went 0 for 4, with a 5.19 ERA.  He then returned to the GCL for 1991. His stay, however, ended up being three games, four innings of work. He gave up five earned runs. That season proved his last as a pro . Bo...