It’s unusual for a high school player to turn down guaranteed money from the Major League Baseball Draft and give up three years to go to college, but Caden Grice isn’t your usual baseball player.
Grice is a 6-6, 230-pound left-handed pitcher/first baseman/outfielder out of Riverside High School in Greer, who is well-known to major league scouts. Grice committed to Clemson when he was just a freshman at Riverside, but major league scouts have been a constant presence at his games over the last two seasons. The attention grew when he played for the Canes National travel baseball team last summer.