• Full name James Tyler Greene
  • Born 08/17/1983 in Raleigh, NC
  • Profile Ht.: 6'2" / Wt.: 200 / Bats: R / Throws: R
  • School Georgia Tech
  • Debut 04/30/2009
  • Drafted in the 1st round (30th overall) by the St. Louis Cardinals in 2005 (signed for $1,100,000).
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    The latest Georgia Tech shortstop to wear No. 5, Greene falls somewhere between Nomar Garciaparra and Victor Menocal, now the Yellow Jackets' first-base coach. Greene has had a roller-coaster college career, struggling defensively as a freshman (31 errors) but surprising with the bat. As a sophomore, he made just 11 errors but hit .273. In the last two summers, Greene showed aptitude with wood, hitting a team-best .431 with four homers for Team USA in 2003, then batting .296 in 2004 in the Cape Cod League, where he was the No. 2 prospect. Greene's junior season was delayed by an offseason broken jaw. When he came back, he showed scouts the tools to be drafted again in the second-round range, as he was out of high school. Green is a 60 runner (some say 70 under way) on the 20-80 scouting scale, with good instincts on the basepaths and elsewhere. A plus arm and good range make him at least an average defender at short. The question is offense. His hands are just OK both at the plate and in the field. Greene's swing has evolved to a metal-bat, inside-out style that doesn't incorporate his hands, short-circuiting his power and leaving him with several holes. His aptitude with wood, however, reminds scouts of Cubs prospect Matt Murton, who also hit better in summers on the Cape than with Georgia Tech.

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  • Rated Best Infield Arm in the St. Louis Cardinals in 2010
  • Rated Best Infield Arm in the St. Louis Cardinals in 2009
  • Rated Best Infield Arm in the St. Louis Cardinals in 2008
  • Rated Best Infield Arm in the St. Louis Cardinals in 2007

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