Some have mentioned the low exit velocity for Grissom and it’s definitely something I look at but in Grissom’s case his hit tool is plus. He sprays the ball all over and is a high contact hitter. He’s got enough juice to hit 15-20 homers annually with a high average and good obp. He’s going to get a lot of those Derek Jeter fisted into right field type of hits we have already seen from him.
He profiles best at 2B but is probably going to have to play LF which is fine because we need someone with his type of offensive profile to balance out the swing and miss in the lineup. The unfortunate thing is LF is the one position we could add another impact bat and by moving Grissom there we can’t really do that. But that allows us to pursue a top starter on a short term deal.
