OAKLAND, CA - JULY 13: Grant Green #35 of the Oakland Athletics fields during the game against the Boston Red Sox at O.co Coliseum on July 13, 2013 in Oakland, California. The Athletics defeated the Red Sox 3-0. (Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images)
There was a time when former Oakland A’s minor leaguer Grant Green was amongst the top prospects in the game. Unfortunately, his career never panned out.
At the beginning of the previous decade, Grant Green was one of the top prospects in baseball. The Oakland A’s had selected Green with the 13th overall selection in the 2009 MLB Draft, seemingly their answer at short after his stellar career at the University of Southern California.