Sure, he had to borrow a label maker“It was frustrating as hell if I'm being honest with you,” Groshans said, lamenting the idea that he wouldn’t return to an environment in Lansing with which he’d become comfortable. It felt good to be able to do something and feel like an athlete.”“I'm sitting there and I'm looking at the pitcher in the on-deck circle, and I'm like, 'Hey, I know I don't want to be out here, but I know this dude doesn't want to be out here either,'” he said. He played 48 games in the Rookie-level Gulf Coast and Appalachian Leagues that summer and was eager to prove himself in his full-season debut last year.Groshans ramped up his rehab -- increasing his running, throwing and hitting -- when the boot came off and he received the all-clear. Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman Bats: Right • Throws: Right 6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg) . Kloffenstein, a 6-foot-5, 243-pound right-hander, was selected in the third round the day after Groshans was drafted. He was instructed to stay off the foot but his time on the couch didn’t last long.

“I’m already 100 percent but I want to be 150 percent. But for 23 games, Groshans rarely did miss.The work now shifts back to Texas. 12 overall pick in the 2018 Draft. 75 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list -- was sidelined early last season with a foot injury, getting into only 23 games in“The aggressiveness is more about hitting, because I don’t walk a lot and I don’t strike out a lot, so that’s why I put it so high,” he said. Though they’ve relied on each other and occasionally still work out together, Kloffenstein does more work at a private facility while Groshans makes more use of his home batting cage and weight room.He quickly established himself as one of the best hitters on the circuit, but it didn’t last long.Sure, he had to borrow a label maker from the team nutritionist and literally plaster “Do not miss” across the handle of each of his bats for it to stick. Groshans said he made the 10-minute trip and crashed at Kloffenstein’s house the night of Draft Day 1. So Groshans, who was relegated to rehab workouts at the team’s facility in Dunedin, Florida after six weeks in a walking boot, had to find other ways to make an impression.Kloffenstein, a 6-foot-5, 243-pound right-hander, was selected in the third round the day after Groshans was drafted.

“There's nothing really you can do. Unfortunately, Groshans went against his mantra more than he would have liked, striking out 21 times in 83 at-bats (25.3 percent).“Now that I know I had an injury there, I'm not going to never do anything again and just move on from it,” he said. Though he feels healthy, the injury has left a mark on his typical routine.Groshans didn’t play in any Grapefruit League games, but said he fared well against live pitching this spring.“The injury itself is gone, yes, but me, I still work that area of my body every day, just to make sure that there's nothing that happens later on.”“In my mind all the hitters up there, they were nervous to hit [because of the cold] but, they didn't realize the pitchers are the same way,” he explained. So a kid who has good makeup and a good personality and cuts up and jokes, but also knows when to take it seriously, that’s something people wouldn’t get from this. Toronto’s No. When I go up to the plate, I don’t go up there trying to hit a single. It was an unlucky situation. 75 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list-- was sidelined early last season with a foot injury, getting into only 23 games in what should have been his first full season as a professional. But he knew he wasn’t alone.A natural shortstop, Groshans’ offseason work also includes getting comfortable at third base, a position he played sparingly at the amateur level.Jordan Groshans’ (Bluefield 2018) stint in the Midwest League was underscored by a simple mantra: “Do not miss.” The phrase became so important that it followed the second-ranked Blue Jays prospect into each of his at-bats with Class A Lansing last year. … [But] I like working out by myself.

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