The Book on Gerald Posey
Prospect Info
Gerald Posey
Born 3/27/1987
C, SF
Not much power but a lot of batting smarts. That's the book on Buster. He's got baseball grit and hustle out the yin-yang, though, so in a draft class that was rich with good catchers, he was both the first off the board and the most likely to see early MLB action. The fact he was picked by a team that'll need a good young catcher soon is a bonus. And hey, if they ever need a closer, he can always take off his catching gear and pop out to the mound for an inning or two, the way he did in college.
Ranking in ScoutingBook (11/18/2008): #63 
Ranking in Baseball America 2008: n/a
Ranking in Baseball Prospectus: Unranked
Ranking in MiLB.com Season Preview Unranked
Ranking from the Sporting News: Unranked
Ranking from ESPN: Unranked
Player Updates and Notes
Buster Posey won USA Baseball's 2007 Golden Spikes Award on Wednesday, becoming just the second catcher to be honored as the nation's top amateur player.
7/17/2008 by KDaddy
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