Post by fish on Sept 1, 2023 9:51:07 GMT -5
When the Florida Marlins began looking at rebuilding and going to more of a youth movement, one of the first deals they
made was trading star outfielder Carl Everett to the Rangers for 3B Khalil Greene. Despite being only a second round pick
in 2002, Greene had done nothing but hit in his minor league career and looked to be developing some power. Greene
spent all of last year at AAA Destin and continued to hit, posting a .301/.358/.856 stat line with 40 doubles and 19 homers,
leading to him being the favorite to win the starting job this spring, which he did. However big league pitching was much
more challenging to Greene, and after hitting only .165 in his first 127 AB's the Marlins sent him back to Destin. Many within
the organization were quietly questioning whether or not Greene was capable of catching up to big league fast balls, as he
was striking out nearly 20% of the time in his brief foray with the big league club.
Once back at Destin, Greene initially continued to struggle, but with constant work with the coaching staff and taking lots of BP,
everything started to click again, and within no time he was forcing the Marlins hand once again, posting a .374/.463/1.110 with
10 homers in only 187 AB's. Marlins management had openly talked about getting a good look at all of the kids once we got past
the AS Break, and Greene was called back up to start the second half. Now it looks like the Marlins patience has paid off as that
small dose of confidence Greene got back at Destin has carried over and he's looked much more like the bat the Marlins thought
they had at the start of the year. Greene has hit .329/.350/.870 with 13 doubles and 5 homers in his 140 AB's since his call up and
now he looks to join Kevin Youkils and Johnny Peralta as one of the guys they can count on going in to the 2007 season.
Down on the Farm:
Jesse Chavez is screaming up top prospect boards. Always a bit of a disappointment based on the underlying stuff, Chavez seems to
have figured it out. He had a disappointing start to the year, missing 6 weeks with a strained rotator cuff, but he dominated A ball when
he came back, and now he's been even better at AA, posting a sub 2 era with 60 K's and only 16 walks in just over 36 innings. With only
a week remaining in the minor league season, he'll finish at AA, but with a good start next season he'll be moving to Destin in no time and
has an outside shot at making the big league squad next year.
made was trading star outfielder Carl Everett to the Rangers for 3B Khalil Greene. Despite being only a second round pick
in 2002, Greene had done nothing but hit in his minor league career and looked to be developing some power. Greene
spent all of last year at AAA Destin and continued to hit, posting a .301/.358/.856 stat line with 40 doubles and 19 homers,
leading to him being the favorite to win the starting job this spring, which he did. However big league pitching was much
more challenging to Greene, and after hitting only .165 in his first 127 AB's the Marlins sent him back to Destin. Many within
the organization were quietly questioning whether or not Greene was capable of catching up to big league fast balls, as he
was striking out nearly 20% of the time in his brief foray with the big league club.
Once back at Destin, Greene initially continued to struggle, but with constant work with the coaching staff and taking lots of BP,
everything started to click again, and within no time he was forcing the Marlins hand once again, posting a .374/.463/1.110 with
10 homers in only 187 AB's. Marlins management had openly talked about getting a good look at all of the kids once we got past
the AS Break, and Greene was called back up to start the second half. Now it looks like the Marlins patience has paid off as that
small dose of confidence Greene got back at Destin has carried over and he's looked much more like the bat the Marlins thought
they had at the start of the year. Greene has hit .329/.350/.870 with 13 doubles and 5 homers in his 140 AB's since his call up and
now he looks to join Kevin Youkils and Johnny Peralta as one of the guys they can count on going in to the 2007 season.
Down on the Farm:
Jesse Chavez is screaming up top prospect boards. Always a bit of a disappointment based on the underlying stuff, Chavez seems to
have figured it out. He had a disappointing start to the year, missing 6 weeks with a strained rotator cuff, but he dominated A ball when
he came back, and now he's been even better at AA, posting a sub 2 era with 60 K's and only 16 walks in just over 36 innings. With only
a week remaining in the minor league season, he'll finish at AA, but with a good start next season he'll be moving to Destin in no time and
has an outside shot at making the big league squad next year.
