BUSTER POSEY CONTINUES HIS ASSAULT ON ROOKIE BALL

Buster's the man.

Three for three with three runs scored and three RBI's with a double, triple and HR.
He's hitting .438 so far. GOOD START.
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The Giants scouting and drafting have recovered nicely in the last three drafts, now if the player development system can mirror that, well then maybe we'll have something in a couple of years. Like the Rays....OMG how the mighty have fallen, the Giants now have to follow the lead of the Rays. Or like the Marlins, who at the very least have won a World Championship or two in their brief history as a franchise.

The 2006 draft it may turn out in hindsight was the turn around draft for the franchise.

Round 1 - Tim Lincecum RHP Washington
Round 1S - Emmanuel Burris SS Kent State
Round 3 - Clayton Tanner LHP De la Salle HS (CA)
Round 4 - Ben Snyder LHP Ball State
Round 5 - Mike McBride OF Florida Atlantic
Round 17 - Kevin Pucetas RHP Limestone College (SC)

All but one of these future prospects and current players were collegiate players and Clayton Tanner may be worth waiting for.

The 2007 draft was once again HS player heavy and the only top pick who was a collegian is proving to be a bit of a flop so far.

Round 1 - Madison Bumgardner LHP South Caldwell HS (NC)
Round 1 - Tim Alderson RHP Horizon HS (AZ)
Round 1 - Wendell Fairley OF George County-Lucedale (MS)
Round 1S - Nick Noonan 2B Parker HS (CA)
Round 1S - Jackson Williams C Oklahoma
Round 1S - Charlie Culberson 2b/SS Calhoun HS (GA)
Round 8 - Daniel Turpen RHP Oregon State
Round 10 - Joe Patterson LHP Oregon State
Round 18 - Andrew de la Garza LHP Coastal Carolina

Only Williams has not shown 1st round ability and he was considered a reach at the time. Of the others, all have shown ability to make a serious impact with the possible exception of Fairley, due primarily to an inability to get on the field because of injuries. The three late round collegiate pitchers have shown enough ability to make some impact on a major league staff relatively soon. The pitching staff appear to have a great future. Even Round 50 pick Mike Loree RHP from Villanova has shown that given a chance he can advance. There's gold on them there collegiate prospects, I tell ya.

The ultimate coup de grace may be the 2008 draft.

Round 1 - Buster Posey C Florida State
Round 1S - Conor Gillespie 3B Wichita State
Round 3 - Roger Kieschnick OF Texas Tech
Round 4 - Brandon Crawford SS UCLA
Round 5 - Edwin Quirate RHP Cal State Northridge

And the returns are too early for the Rounds 6-10 bounty of collegiate pitchers (Round 10 being the HS pitcher exception). Plus we don't know who will step forward from the late rounds in this group and surprise.

Bottom line is I think the last three years have given the franchise a chance to reverse the last couple of years of futility.

LET'S HOPE IT CONTINUES.
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UPDATE:

Buster Posey - Rookie league - 2-4 last game, raises Avg. to .450
Conor Gillaspie - Short Season - 2-3, 3 RBI, 2-2B, .256 Avg.
Madison Bumgerdner - LoA - 5IP-3H-1ER-9K-1BB raises record to 15-3 (Linceum like), had his 38 consecutive scoreless innings streak snapped.