{"id":2861,"date":"2011-02-06T13:15:35","date_gmt":"2011-02-06T19:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=2861"},"modified":"2011-02-06T13:15:37","modified_gmt":"2011-02-06T19:15:37","slug":"prospect-buzz-madison-bumgarner-brandon-belt-all-america-team-and-kyle-drabek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2861","title":{"rendered":"Prospect Buzz: Madison Bumgarner, Brandon Belt, All-America Team, and Kyle Drabek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/MadisonBumgarnerSanFranGiants.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2862\" title=\"September 5, 2010 - Photo by Christian Petersen\/Getty Images North America\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/MadisonBumgarnerSanFranGiants-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"354\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/MadisonBumgarnerSanFranGiants-300x204.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/MadisonBumgarnerSanFranGiants.jpg 594w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our friends over at <a href=\"http:\/\/splashingpumpkins.com\/\">Splashing Pumpkins<\/a> were lucky (not in the sense that they were undeserving!) enough to attend Giants Media Day this week, and capture <a href=\"http:\/\/www.splashingpumpkins.com\/2011\/02\/video-splashing-pumpkins-interviews.html\">a candid video interview<\/a> with Madison Bumgarner.\u00a0 Among the topics discussed in this must-watch interview: the Verducci effect, the Giants\u2019 new Showtime series, and his hitting prowess.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>At the beginning of the week, MiLB.com <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minorleaguebaseball.com\/news\/article.jsp?ymd=20110128&amp;content_id=16524504&amp;vkey=news_milb&amp;fext=.jsp\">sat down for an interview<\/a> with San Francisco Giants\u2019 prospect \u2013 a fan favorite here at the Sombrero \u2013 Brandon Belt.\u00a0 After just one year in the Minor Leagues, Belt was recently named the #26 prospect in baseball by MLB.com.\u00a0 Considering how careful the Giants were with their development of Buster Posey, I really don\u2019t know what to think of GM Brian Sabean\u2019s claim that <a href=\"http:\/\/friscofastball.com\/2011\/02\/04\/giants-prospect-brandon-belt-to-be-given-chance-at-opening-day-roster\/\">Belt could break camp with the parent club<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/\">Baseball America<\/a> has released their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/today\/college\/awards\/all-america-teams\/2011\/2611242.html\">2011 Preseason All-America Team<\/a> as voted upon by MLB Scouting Directors.\u00a0 The First Team is comprised of many of the names that we would expect to see on the list: Anthony Rendon (Rice), Alex Dickerson (Indiana), Gerrit Cole (UCLA), and Matt Purke (TCU).\u00a0 One interesting note: incoming Stanford freshman Austin Wilson managed to sneak on to their Third Team.\u00a0 This makes me wonder how good this kid has to be to receive such a prestigious recognition without having had a single collegiate at-bat\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Earlier this week, Blue Jays manager John Farrell mentioned that Kyle Drabek could crack the starting rotation out of Spring Training, and possibly <a href=\"http:\/\/mlbbuzz.yardbarker.com\/blog\/mlbbuzz\/could_drabek_make_jays_opening_day_roster\/4099395\">log more than 200 innings<\/a> in his rookie season.\u00a0 After coming over from Philadelphia in the Roy Halladay trade, Blue Jays\u2019 fans \u2013 as well as all of baseball \u2013 were offered a glimpse of Drabek\u2019s potential thanks to a September call-up.\u00a0 This winter, Drabek was named the Blue Jays\u2019 #1 prospect, as well as the 12<sup>th<\/sup>-best prospect in all of baseball.\u00a0 Here at the Sombrero, we ranked Drabek as the <a href=\"..\/archives\/2691\">33<sup>rd<\/sup>-best prospect in baseball<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Today I will be at <a href=\"http:\/\/prepbaseballreport.com\/News\/tabid\/478\/ctl\/ArticleView\/mid\/2614\/articleId\/1636\/9th-Annual-Super-60-set-for-Sunday.aspx\">Prep Baseball Report\u2019s Super 60<\/a> \u2013 a showcase that features the best high school players from Illinois, Missouri and Indiana, and is attended by over 40+ Major League scouts.\u00a0 The players I\u2019m most looking forward to see include New Trier (IL) OF Charlie Tilson, Oak Forest (IL) OF Tim Barry, Warsaw (MO) SS Johnny Elerman, McCluer (MO) outfielder Lance Jeffries, and Vianney (MO) 3B Matt Brown.\u00a0 The event is being held at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.max-mccook.com\/\">Max-McCook Athletic &amp; Exposition Center<\/a>, which might be the largest and most impressive indoor facility on this planet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Prospect Buzz is the new, prospect-related link drop of <a href=\"..\/..\/\">The Golden Sombrero<\/a> that will appear every Wednesday and Sunday.\u00a0 As you may already know, we love prospects here at the Sombrero.\u00a0 So if you have an article or link that you would like us consider for this segment, feel free to either <a href=\"mailto:thegoldensombrero.com@gmail.com?subject=Prospect%20Buzz\">email us<\/a> or send it our way on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GoldenSombrero\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/em><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our friends over at Splashing Pumpkins were lucky (not in the sense that they were undeserving!) enough to attend Giants Media Day this week, and capture a candid video interview with Madison Bumgarner.\u00a0 Among the topics discussed in this must-watch interview: the Verducci effect, the Giants\u2019 new Showtime series, and his hitting prowess. 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