Comments on: Tyler Greene http://futureredbirds.com/2007/02/15/tyler-greene/ Baseball's Future in the Gateway City Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:22:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: lbors http://futureredbirds.com/2007/02/15/tyler-greene/#comment-198 lbors Sat, 17 Feb 2007 17:22:02 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2007/02/15/tyler-greene/#comment-198 when i want to feel hopeful about greene, i hark back to <a href="http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/K/Jeff-King.shtml" rel="nofollow">jeff king</a>. not really comparable to greene skillwise, but like greene he was a collegiate star (u of arkansas) who struggled in pro ball. king was the 1st overall selection in 1986; he debuted in A ball (as a 21-year-old) with a .235 / .335 / .417 line, and then in his first stint at double A (age 22) he went .240 / .275 / .370. and at triple A he batted .254 and struck out in nearly 40 percent of his at-bats. the pirates kept promoting him, and he eventually was a starter (albeit not a particularly good one) on two division winners. in time he became a league-average hitter with a good glove at 3d base; a valuable player. but it took a long time for him to adjust. a happy scenario of this type could still play out for tyler greene . . . . . we can hope. when i want to feel hopeful about greene, i hark back to jeff king. not really comparable to greene skillwise, but like greene he was a collegiate star (u of arkansas) who struggled in pro ball. king was the 1st overall selection in 1986; he debuted in A ball (as a 21-year-old) with a .235 / .335 / .417 line, and then in his first stint at double A (age 22) he went .240 / .275 / .370. and at triple A he batted .254 and struck out in nearly 40 percent of his at-bats. the pirates kept promoting him, and he eventually was a starter (albeit not a particularly good one) on two division winners. in time he became a league-average hitter with a good glove at 3d base; a valuable player. but it took a long time for him to adjust.

a happy scenario of this type could still play out for tyler greene . . . . . we can hope.

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