Vaughn Grissom

BOSTON -- It's been an eventful 24 hours for Braves top prospect Vaughn Grissom. At 11 p.m. ET on Tuesday, the 21-year-old found out he had been called up ...

“I think he said five different times that it’s crazy that he's actually up here in a big league cage at a big league field, especially Fenway being his first park,” Harris said. Grissom has become one of the best contact hitters in the Minors over his first two full professional seasons. … You think you’re going to react a lot easier and a lot better, and then it happened and I thought I was having a heart attack.”","type":"markdown","__typename":"Markdown"},"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"vaughn-grissom-braves-top-prospect-called-up\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.6":{"contentDate":"2022-08-11T00:58:58.396Z","description":"Vaughn Grissom reflects on getting the callup to play for the Braves and sharing the big moment with his family","duration":"00:01:04","slug":"vaughn-grissom-gets-called-up","source":null,"tags":[{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"vaughn-grissom-braves-top-prospect-called-up\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.6.tags.0","typename":"Tag"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"vaughn-grissom-braves-top-prospect-called-up\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.6.tags.1","typename":"Tag"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"vaughn-grissom-braves-top-prospect-called-up\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.6.tags.2","typename":"Tag"}],"templateUrl":"https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/private/{formatInstructions}/mlb/cuahgungj1tx1zr30xn5","title":"Vaughn Grissom gets called up","type":"video","url":"/video/vaughn-grissom-gets-called-up","__typename":"Video"},"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"vaughn-grissom-braves-top-prospect-called-up\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.6.tags.0":{"slug":"teamid-144","title":"Atlanta Braves","__typename":"Tag"},"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"vaughn-grissom-braves-top-prospect-called-up\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.6.tags.1":{"slug":"mlb-top-prospects","title":"MLB Top Prospects","__typename":"Tag"},"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"vaughn-grissom-braves-top-prospect-called-up\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.6.tags.2":{"slug":"interview","title":"interview","__typename":"Tag"},"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"vaughn-grissom-braves-top-prospect-called-up\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.7":{"content":"When Grissom joined the big league team at Fenway, he was greeted by Michael Harris II, who had a similar experience nearly three months ago, when he was called up from Mississippi on May 28.\n\n“What better situation can I be in?” Grissom said of having Harris by his side. We were drafted the same year, so we've been together pretty much every year, and for him to be up here with me now the same year I get up … It’s great." \n\n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"rich","width":550,"__typename":"ExternalEmbedContent"},"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"vaughn-grissom-braves-top-prospect-called-up\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.8":{"data":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"vaughn-grissom-braves-top-prospect-called-up\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.8.data","typename":"ExternalEmbedContent"},"type":"oembed","__typename":"ExternalEmbed"},"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"vaughn-grissom-braves-top-prospect-called-up\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.9":{"content":"And on Grissom’s first homer, who else but Harris would score as his first RBI in the Majors?\n\nGrissom has become one of the best contact hitters in the Minors over his first two full professional seasons. The two have made their way through the system together, making their Rookie-ball debuts in ‘19 before advancing to High-A Rome in ‘21 and then Mississippi this season. \n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"rich","width":550,"__typename":"ExternalEmbedContent"},"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"vaughn-grissom-braves-top-prospect-called-up\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.4":{"data":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"vaughn-grissom-braves-top-prospect-called-up\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.4.data","typename":"ExternalEmbedContent"},"type":"oembed","__typename":"ExternalEmbed"},"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"vaughn-grissom-braves-top-prospect-called-up\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.5":{"content":"While his offense stole the show, Grissom slotted in nearly seamlessly at second despite playing just seven games at the position this season. Whether it be his composure on the field or the conviction in his bat flip, Grissom is already displaying a big league attitude just one game in. “What better situation can I be in?” Grissom said of having Harris by his side. “I had a couple of at-bats, and I failed a couple of times. Grissom’s one blip came on a hopper from Bobby Dalbec, which the second baseman bobbled but quickly recovered to get the forceout at second. And at 9 p.m., he was flipping his bat as he watched his first big league hit soar over the Green Monster.