AUTHOR: erich job TITLE: Tyler Greene,the Cardinals next Shortstop DATE: 2:39:00 PM ----- BODY:

Hello Heaters, today I am going to introduce you to Tyler Greene,the projected Shortstop for the St.Louis Cardinals. Greene was drafted by the Cardinals in the first round of the 2005 amateur draft. Greene split the 2005 season between Low A New Jersey,and High A Palm Beach, hitting a combined .265,with three home runs,and twenty three runs batted in. Greene Started 2006 At Single A Quad Cities, and worked his way back to Palm Beach by seasons end. He hit a combined .253,with twenty home runs,and sixty six runs batted in. Greene spent the 2007 season at Double A Springfield. Due to injury,he only played in sixty five games,finishing with a .244 batting average, eight home runs, and twenty five runs batted in. Greene started the 2008 season with Springfield,working his way to Triple A Memphis by seasons end,finishing with a combined .254 batting average,sixteen home runs,and forty eight runs batted in. In eighty nine games at Memphis in 2009,Greene had career highs in batting average, [.291] slugging percentage, [.482] and on base,plus slugging percentage. [.851] He also hit fifteen home runs, which tied for second most at any level,and forty two runs batted in,which were third most. 2009 was definitely Greene's calling card to the Major Leagues. Greene made his Major League debut on April 30th,2009. In forty eight games with St.Louis, Greene hit .222,with two home runs,and seven runs batted in over 108 at bats. Part of the reason for his offensive digression were his thirty two strikeouts,meaning that he averaged one strikeout every 3.37 at bats,an issue that never affected him in the minors. Obviously most hitters start of slow,and continue to develop as hitters as they get more playing time. Hopefully this will be the case for Tyler Greene,and he will be able to be an everyday Shortstop for the Cardinals for a long time come.

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