The 20 year old 6 footer will be one step closer to the bigs as he will making Nashville his home this year playing for the Pirates AAA affiliate Nashville Sounds. Jim began his pro playing days in A-ball with the Lynchburg Hill Cats where he hit .344. The next year while playing in a higher level with the Altoona Curve he bettered that by hitting a cool .360 and collected 192 hits in that season and stole 34 bases. Pirate management hopes that he can continue to play at a high level in 2008 and that he'll be able to make the step up to the Pros as soon as 2009.

Growing up in the Los Angeles area Green was a big Dodgers fan. Yeah, we always had them on the TV back in those days." And being only 14 and 15 during their Championship days, the Dodgers were first in the hearts of many "And I can remember showing up to the school and everybody would be talking about them. There was so much energy. Seeing Pittsburgh make it the playoffs my first season in their organization really gave me a lot of hope. You know, maybe in a few years those kids in Pittsburgh high schools will be talking about us."