Lakeland, Fla. — Riley Greene, who was paid a $6.18 million signing bonus after the Tigers selected him fifth overall in 2019 draft, has an endearing frugality about him.
His home in Oviedo, Fla., is about 75 miles northeast of Lakeland but he’s staying in the dorms this spring, he said, to save money. In the next breath, he said he bought a boat this winter and spent a lot of his downtime salt-water fishing off the Atlantic coast.
“For about a month or so after the season, I just took it off and hung out with my friends,” said the 19-year-old Greene, who jumped three rungs in the Tigers’ system last season in his first year of pro ball.