Trent Grisham

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Trenton Marcus Grisham
born Trenton Marcus Clark

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Outfielder Trent Grisham was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the first round of the 2015 amateur draft with the 15th overall pick. He soon signed for just over $2.7 million and made his pro debut with the AZL Brewers on June 20th. He was known by his birth name of Trent Clark at the time, but changed it legally in 2017 in order to be known by his mother's last name. He gave the Brewers a serious scare, when in his second professional game, he ran headfirst into the fence while trying to make a catch in center field at Maryvale Baseball Park and had to be taken off the field off a stretcher because of fears of a serious neck injury. Luckily, he suffered only a bad bruise on his forehead.

He was first called up to Milwaukee on April 1, 2019 and saw action at all three outfield spots during the final two months of the season, when the Brewers managed to secure a place in the postseason as the second wild card team in the National League. He started in right field during the last two weeks of the season, after MVP candidate Christian Yelich went down with a knee injury, and he hit .231 with 6 homers and 24 RBIs in 51 games. He started the Wild Card Game in right field and went 0 for 3 with a walks and a run scored, but was the goat of his team's loss to the Washington Nationals as he misplayed a single by Juan Soto in the 8th inning, letting the ball slide under his glove and allowing two runs to score as Milwaukee lost the game, 4-3. On November 27th, he was traded to the San Diego Padres, alongside P Zach Davies, in return for P Eric Lauer and IF Luis Urias.

He won the starting centerfield job with the Padres in 2020 and hit quite well. On August 22nd, he had the first three-homer game of his career in a 13-2 win over the Houston Astros. He hit 251 in 59 games (the season was limited to 60 games by the COVID-19 pandemic) with 10 homers and 26 RBis for an OPS+ of 123, and also won a Gold Glove in centerfield. In the postseason, he was shut down in the heavy-hitting Wild Card Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, going 0 for 11, but was 3 for 11 as the Padres were swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Division Series. In 2021, he played 132 games for San Diego, batting .242 with 15 homers and 62 RBIs, also adding 28 doubles for an OPS+ of 106.

After having seemingly established himself as a solid major league hitter, Grisham regressed in 2022 and 2023, in spite of plentiful playing time. He failed to go over the Mendoza line either year, finishing at .184 the first year and .198 the second. He also did not do enough in other aspects of hitting to bring his OPS+ to 100 either, finishing at 81 and 87 respectively, with 17 and 13 homers. He did win his second Gold Glove in center in 2022 when the Padres made it into the postseason. He was excellent in the first two rounds, batting .500 with 2 homers as the Friars stunned the New York Mets in the Wild Card Series, and then following that by going 4 for 13 (.308) with another important homer as they pulled off another upset against the Dodgers in the Division Series. He was finally shut down by the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLCS, when he was hitless in 19 at-bats.

On December 6, 2023, he was included in a blockbuster deal with the New York Yankees, accompanying Juan Soto, the main focus of the deal, to the Bronx in return for five players (Ps Mike King and Jhony Brito, C Kyle Higashioka and two minor leaguers in Ps Drew Thorpe and Randy Vasquez). With the Yankees having also acquired OF Alex Verdugo the day before, it was unlikely that he would continue as a starter unless there was an injury, as Aaron Judge was expected to man centerfield between Verdugo and Soto, with Giancarlo Stanton the DH.

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