Buster Posey News

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.

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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.

With Sunday's 4-3 win in extras over the San Diego Padres a thing of the past, the 2009 San Francisco Giants season is officially completed.

Thursday at AT&T Park was a farewell festival. It was kind of like the last day of high school, except with strikeouts and garlic fries.

If I were rookie Giants owner Bill Neukom, I definitely would like what the Brian Sabean-Bruce Bochy tandem did with the Giants this season.