OAKLAND, Calif. -- Oakland Athletics prospect Grant Desme is retiring from baseball to enter the priesthood. Desme was recently selected the 2009 Arizona Fall League MVP and was considered one of the top prospects in Oakland's system.
The A's need star hitters if they're ever to get somewhere, and Grant Desme didn't look like a future star, writes Rob Neyer.
"We respect Grant's decision and wish him nothing but the best in his future endeavors," A's general manager Billy Beane said in a statement.
The 23-year-old outfielder batted .288 with 31 homers, 89 RBIs and 40 stolen bases in 131 games at Class-A Kane County and Stockton last season. He then hit .315 with a league-leading 11 home runs and 27 RBIs in 27 games in the fall league.
Desme was a second-round pick selection in the 2007 draft after being named Big West Player of the Year at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
Can you believe this!!!!!!!!! God Bless Him. I bet he can't hit the curve!!
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Interesting. Bill do you think he can hit a softball over the fence like you could in your seminary days? No finer homerun hitter than Bill Bouie, little slow on the basepaths though. Of course I couldn;t hit or run.
ReplyDeleteI can make it the triple crown! Not being able to hit, run or catch!
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