Does the Belt fit in San Francisco?

Brandon Belt one of the best young players in the Giants farm system tore up the minor leagues last season  in both A ball and AA ball. In class A San Jose Belt hit .383, with 62 RBI's and 10 HR's, in class AA with Richmond, Belt was just as good and posted astounding numbers hitting .337, with 40 RBI's, and 9 HR's.

Belt has proved he his is a solid and consistent hitter because of his succeses in both of the minor league classes so early in his career. F.P. Santangelo, a KNBR 680 sports talk radio host on his late night show said " If you can hit through AA ball you can hit in the major leagues, since you are facing most of the best young pitchers in AA. Class A ball usually has three teams that flow into the Class AA team."

With the signing of Aubrey Huff yesterday for two years, the question comes now to wether we will see Belt at all this season. Belt is a primary first baseman and isn't well suited to really play anywhere else. This may cause Huff to move to one of the corner spots in the outfield if Belt was to be called up in the middle of the season.

Belt has the physical tools to become a very solid first baseman as he stands at 6 foot 5" and weighs in at 195 lbs. Belt was a surprise to a lot of sports writers and many scouts as he was drafted in prior years by the Red Sox and Braves before being drafted by the Giants in the 5th round of the 2009 MLB June amateur draft.

Belt will probably start this season in AA ball with Richmond and try to continue to impress scouts with his impressive build and ability to swing the bat. Fielding for Belt was decent making 9 errors over the minor league season with .992 fielding percentage.

All we know is that this kid is going to be a superstar in MLB for a long time based on these inpressive numbers through his first minor league go around. The question is, does the belt fit in San Francisco this season?



Brandon Belt stands at 6 foot 5" and is putting up surprise numbers
in the Giants farm system