09/04/2008 8:40 PM ET
No. 1 pick Posey to play in Bay Area
Catcher will join Class A San Jose for weekend playoff series
By Chris Haft / MLB.com

Giants fans living in the Bay Area can see catcher Buster Posey, the club's No. 1 Draft choice, playing this weekend for the organization's Class A San Jose affiliate.

Posey has joined the reigning California League champion Giants, his third team in a week, for their North Division playoff series against the winner of the Modesto-Stockton three-game mini-series. The North Division series opens with games in San Jose on Saturday and Sunday, at 6 p.m. PT and 5 p.m. PT, respectively.

Posey helped the Giants' Arizona Rookie League club win its championship last weekend, hitting .385 with one home run and four RBIs in seven games. He then collected three hits in 11 at-bats with two RBIs while spending three days with short-season affiliate Salem-Keizer, which captured its division title.

Playing for Florida State University, Posey won every major college player of the year award in 2008 by capturing the Golden Spikes Award, the Dick Howser Trophy and the Brooks Wallace Award in addition to claiming the Johnny Bench Award given to the nation's top collegiate catcher. Posey, 21, was named Player of the Year by Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball after leading the country in batting average (.463), hits (119), RBIs (93), total bases (226), slugging percentage (.879) and on-base percentage (.566). He hit 26 homers in 68 games.

Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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