Lakeland, Fla. — Robbie Grossman took a minute to look around the TigerTown complex Monday before his first official workout with his new team. It took him back.
“With all these young kids running around, I was in their shoes at one point,” he said. “Now I know what it’s like to be on the other side.”
Well, Grossman has never, even figuratively, been in Spencer Torkelson’s shoes or Riley Greene’s shoes. He’s never been a bonus baby or ranked exceptionally high on anyone’s prospect list. Shoot, it took him five years in the big league to earn Torkelson’s $8.