Buster Posey News

For Jay Buente, every strikeout in Arizona this fall moves him a little closer to a roster spot in Florida next spring.

Not the part of the month where frigid temperatures make players taking part in the World Series dress like theya TMre about to embark on a voyage to the Arctic.

Omar Minaya met with Scott Boras for 45 minutes last night to begin to determine the price on Matt Holliday.

The 2009 baseball season has just ended, and in a way, you could say that tonight, the 2010 season begins.

On any given day in the Arizona Fall League, you can see what amounts to a Minor League All-Star Game.

Hastening speculation about his immediate future, catcher Bengie Molina filed for free agency Friday, joining a fresh batch of 39 players to put themselves on the open market.

Watch Buster Posey in the AFL Showcase on MLB Network on Saturday. San Francisco Chronicle On Saturday, the Arizona Fall League will showcase the best of the best young prospects in Minor League Baseball.

He speaks English, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch and Papiamento, the tongue of his native Curacao.

I would like to know which Giants farmhands have the best shot, besides Buster Posey and Madison Bumgarner, of contributing to the team in 2010.

Pedro Martinez says he regrets tossing Don Zimmer to the ground during a bench-clearing brawl in the playoffs six years ago.

San Francisco Giants Until Pablo Sandoval enjoyed his huge breakthrough in 2009, the knock on the Giants was they hadn't developed an All-Star hitter since Matt Williams.

Wednesday 28 Oct 2009 Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 12:13AM ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.

Vin Mazzaro, rhp, Sacramento 11. Bud Norris, rhp, Round Rock 12. Esmil Rogers, rhp, Colorado Springs 13.

Stephen Strasburg was as advertised in his highly anticipated Arizona Fall League debut for the Phoenix Desert Dogs.

Back at the trade deadline, I wrote the following: Forget Freddy Sanchez. I don't have a problem with average-dependent players, per se, but this one is hurt.

Baseball's top prospects take the field this week as the Arizona Fall League returns for its 18th season of play across the Valley.

Divided into six teams, each carrying players from several franchises, the league runs October 13 through November 19.

I suppose we can all use a little break. Two hits. A couple of walks. No runs. Wade LeBlanc.

For the first time in three years, the Mets received a dominating pitching performance on the regular season's final day.

Freddy Sanchez is likely to be the second baseman in 2010. Buster Posey and Madison Bumgarner need more seasoning in the minors.