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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

You do recall he had microfracture surgery on his knee right? That stealing bases is probably not a great idea for a guy coming back from that?

I've always actually been a big Grady fan, much moreso than clyde...same with LeBron. The guy hustled 115 percent every single day. I always accepted his K's because he walked an absolute ton which kept his OBP very, very high, good for a leadoff guy. The facts are his OBP is down about 80 points this year from what he used to be. That has nothing to do with microfracture surgery. His K's are actually way up from an already high total. I can understand some precaution but a 30-40 SB guy goes to absolute zero?? I think his lack of stolen bases is more he doesn't walk any more and most of his hits are extra base hits so he's hardly ever on first.

He's better than Austin Kearns, but he's not having a good year so far is all. A .300 OBP Grady is not a good Grady. A zero SB Grady is not a good Grady. A Grady that doesn't go all out 100 percent of the time is not a good Grady. I was happy when he came back and even in his present form is better as I said than Kearns, Buck and DUncan who are the other options so he plays, but he's not been very good. Maybe it is his series of injuries that has done it to him, nonetheless he has to improve and get on base a ton more to really help the team. He's trying to pull almost everything.