What happened to Ben Grieve?

[011873]

Was reading an article about this "phenom" from 1997 and wondered what happened to this guy?

He was off the charts in the minors and then had 4 plus very good or better years and then poof, off the face of the earth.

Wasnt like he was a Kevin Maas or Shane Spencer, this guy was mega touted and a first rounder too.

Because how fast he fell off, makes you wonder if he was doing anything fishy.

 

[Gwynn545]

Calling Hallsgator....Alert...Alert...

 

[Pinbreaker]

There are several players that are highly touted and some get the call to play at the Major league level and some never make it and retire as a minor league player..

From Wikipedia.org

Grieve is currently out of baseball and living in Dallas with his wife and children. He was briefly referenced in a March 2009 Sports Illustrated article titled "How (and Why) Athletes Go Broke

 

[19braves77]

I remember very vividly having Mr Grieve sign 18 cards one time during that 1996 season while letting Magglio Ordonez and Mike Cameron walked right by me. So I have 2 Cameron signed card and 1 Magglio while I have close to 40 Ben's. Oh the stories of minor league graphing.

 

[1995BBRefractorGuy]

I have some 1995 Bowman's Best Ben Grieve Refractors that I would let go for the most they used to sell for ...$250.00!