It's a big day for the team, Grisham has torn the cover off the ball this year and certainly is deserving of the call up. His sample size is in the grand scheme fairly small, but like Counsell said yesterday sometimes it just clicks like Yelich last year and you become a big time hitter. Everyone needs to understand that when Keston was drafted it was inevitable he was going to hit, and he should be seen as an outlier that does not come around often. Grisham should not be treated the same, its a growing process, there is a chance that this is just an epiphany and he could flame out, like so many other prospects. I can't remember someone who barely cracks an organization top 30 prospects list suddenly turns into a world beater. From an organization perspective involving a team that overall has not hit on many first round picks since '07 are first rounders are Laporta (Flame out), Lawrie (injuries but never lived up to the hype, Odorizzi (Decent, not spectacular), Frederickson (Who??), Arnett (total disappointment), Davis (Swing and a miss), Heckathorn (Nothing going on), Covey (Didn't sign, made the majors but also nothing special), Jungmann (One decent season), Bradley (awful), Coulter (Disappointment), Roache (Currently in independent league ball), Haniger (Servicable, pretty good year last season), Medeiros (currently 5+ era in AAA), Grisham (Finally producing), Kirby (injuries, but also in A+ ball), Ray (decent last season, value all but gone now), Hiura (elite talent, having best rookie year since braun), Turang (So far so good), Small (Book is totally out on him). Basically that list consists of about a 75% miss rate. Hitting on picks early and often is crucial for us, to be able to sustain and build. This appears to be the first one prior to Hirua all the way to Hanigar where we have a player with real major league value. Grisham appears to be one last christmas present from Melvin. With all of this being said if Grisham puts up 70%-80% of his AAA numbers we have lucked out. A Yelich, Hiura, Grisham big 3 going forward is something to really build off of. We have money coming off the books the next 2 seasons, and with a depleted farm system we will be able to bring in another big time piece from free agency. Just cause the farm system is tapped doesnt mean the window is closing. This window is legit open for 3 years, its all about the stars aligning and capitalizing. It's a big day in the process to opening the window open a bit more.
