Buster Posey Stunningly Validating the Hype with the San Francisco Giants

By now, the Major League Baseball watching world is at least casually familiar with one Gerald Demp Posey III.

Perhaps not well enough to know that's Buster Posey's real name, but enough to know he's cut from the Jason Heyward/Matt Wieters cloth of diamond prospect.

In 2008, his last year of college ball, the one-time Florida State Seminole won a triumvirate of impressive honors—the Johnny Bench Award, given to the best collegiate catcher; the Collegiate Player of the Year Award, which is self-explanatory; and the Golden Spikes Award, given to the best amateur ballplayer.

All that bling in addition to his versatilityBleacher Report - San Francisco Giants
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