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Auditing Cards September Call-Up Predictions
Revisiting Brian Walton’s August forecast on who would get the call to St. Louis in the final month
-by TheCardinalNation.com Sep 23, 2009
Sunday Cardinals Prospect News
Movements, winter ball plans, World Cup and injuries across the St. Louis Cardinals farm system
-by TheCardinalNation.com Sep 6, 2009
SS Tyler Greene: Heads Back to Memphis
-by TheCardinalNation.com Jul 6, 2009
SS Tyler Greene: Recalled from Memphis
-by TheCardinalNation.com Jun 5, 2009
SS Tyler Greene: Returned to Memphis
-by TheCardinalNation.com May 24, 2009
Tyler Greene’s First Big MLB Day
New Cardinals shortstop Tyler Greene recaps his first day as a major leaguer and how he got there
-by TheCardinalNation.com May 1, 2009
SS Tyler Greene: Major League Debut Coming
-by TheCardinalNation.com Apr 30, 2009
Cardinals Camp News – Sunday, March 22
Five players cut: Hawksworth, T. Greene, Salas, Anderson and Jay
-by TheCardinalNation.com Mar 22, 2009
Cardinals Rubber Stamp 17 Remaining Contracts
17 St. Louis Cardinals with less than three years service time now have 2009 contracts
-by TheCardinalNation.com Feb 28, 2009
2009 Cardinals Prospect #17 – Tyler Greene
Can the 2005 first-rounder translate his addition to the 40-man roster into an MLB debut in 2009?
-by TheCardinalNation.com Jan 1, 2009
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Injury News:
SS Tyler Greene: Surgery Set for July 26
-by TheCardinalNation.com Jul 19, 2007
Birds on the Mend – July 18, 2007
-by TheCardinalNation.com Jul 18, 2007
SS Tyler Greene: Headed Right Back to DL
-by TheCardinalNation.com Jul 9, 2007
SS Tyler Greene: Placed on Disabled List
-by TheCardinalNation.com Jun 19, 2007

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Tyler Greene
Ht: 6-2 Wt: 180
Position: SS

Bats: R
Throws: R
Date of Birth: 08/17/1983
Birthplace: Fort Lauderdale,  FL
Experience: Prospect
High School: St. Thomas Aquinas HS
(Fort Lauderdale, FL)
College: Georgia Tech


Biography:
Stats: Career | Current

Current Contract
Contract renewable through 2011.

**40-Man Roster**

Became a Cardinal
Selected in the first round (30th overall) of the June, 2005 First-Year Player Draft. Received a $1,100,000 signing bonus.

2008 Season
Greene split paying time between Double-A Springfield and Triple-A Memphis, finishing the season at Memphis hitting just .234 with 0 home runs and seven RBIs in 30 games and 111 at-bats. Greene was scheduled to play for the Peoria Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League following the 08 campaign. If not protected by the Cardinals this winter, Greene could end up being a Rule 5 draft pick by some other organization.

2007 Season
Hit .244 with 8 HRs and 25 RBI in 65 games for Double-A Springfield before undergoing surgery on his right knee on July 26.

Greene is 62-for-68 (91%) on stolen base attempts in his young career.-He was selected as best infield arm in a Baseball America “Best Tools” survey of the Cardinals minor league system.

Career Notes
Greene began the 2006 season with high Class A Palm Beach, but after hitting .224 and striking out 90 times in 71 games he was sent down to low Class A Quad Cities on July 1. He hit .287/.375/.552 with 15 home runs and 47 RBI for the Swing, but still struck out 65 times in 64 games. He led the system with a combined 33 stolen bases.

In 2005, Greene was sent to short-season Class A New Jersey after signing and hit .261/.352/.370, stealing 13 bases in 14 attempts in 35 games before being promoted to high Class A Palm Beach on August 12. With Palm Beach, he hit .271/.326/.388 in 20 games.

Career Notes
In 2007 he was ranked by another publication as having the best infield arm in the Cardinals minor league system.

Player Awards
Texas League Mid-Season All-Star 2008
Birdhouse Top 40 Prospect 2008: #17
Birdhouse Top 40 Prospect 2007: #16
Birdhouse Top 40 Prospect 2006: #8