Is this the year Cardinals' shortstop Tyler Greene carves out a permanent spot on the big league roster? Well, the guys over at Future Redbirds think so.
"If you decide to look down the road a year or so, it’s well within reason to think that something did click offensively. To think that maybe he could get the OBP into a tolerable rante (.320-.330) for the majors and offset that with secondary skills like baserunning, defense and power.
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The upside, given the diversity of Greene’s skillset, is significant. Don’t be surprised if he supplants Brendan Ryan as the Cardinals’ shortstop in the future."
While it is probable for Greene to stick with the big club this year (depending on what the Cardinals do in free agency), any assent to the starting spot by Greene will be caused as much by a lack of production by Ryan and a lack of patience from manager Tony LaRussa as anything else. Greene can stillbe a nice player, but it is unlikely to think that his .291/.369/.482 line in his second stint in Triple-A is a reason think that something "clicked" for for the 25-year-old Greene.
For Greene to really enhance his value to the Cardinals, he should pack a bunch of different gloves for Spring Training.
