Giants prospects named in Baseball America's top 20 list

Brandon Belt is in the running to be named the Best Class A Advanced Hitter and the good news keeps on coming.  Belt was also recognized by Baseball America as one of the Top 20 prospects in the California League.  

Belt continued his banner season with the Richmond Flying Squirrels batting at a .337 clip with nine homers and 40 RBI's in 46 games. BA has also rated Belt the #4 prospect in the Eastern League. He finished the year playing in 13 games with the Triple-A Fresno Grizzlies (.229, 4 HR, 10 RBI).

The former San Jose Giant is joined by current San Jose players Francisco Peguero (#11), Ehire Adrianza (#13), and also Eric Surkamp (#19).

Peguero was the fourth-highest outfielder on the top 20 list after a terrific season offensively and defensively. The 22-year old finished the year fourth in the California League in batting average (.329), tied for third in hits (168), tied for second in stolen bases (40) and first in triples (16). Peguero also connected for 19 doubles and 10 home runs.

Baseball America has also named 2009 first-round pick Zack Wheeler and fellow Augusta GreenJackets Chris Dominguez in the top 20 prospects for the South Atlantic League.  Wheeler was named the 12th best prospect while Dominguez was named #20.

Vote for Brandon Belt for Best Hitter

Giants minor leaguer, and current Fresno Grizzlies' star, Brandon Belt is up the award of Best Class A Advanced Hitter.  This is an award that is voted on by the fans and so you can vote for Brandon Belt.

Belt was only in San Jose for 77 games but during that time he hit .383 with 10 home-runs.  He then was promoted to Double A where he hit .337 with 9 home-runs in 46 games.  Belt ended his first minor league season by at Fresno where he hit .229 with four home-runs.

Morning Links

Every year there are good stories in the NFL about how a player beats the odds to make it to the NFL.  Sometimes those players are drafted in the sixth or seventh round and sometimes those players are undrafted.  

The 49ers have one of those this year, CB Tramaine Brock.

Matt Maiocco of CSN Bay Area, writes and interesting column about CB Tramaine Brock and how he made it to the NFL by earning a spot on the 49ers' 53-man roster.

Here's your morning links, after the jump.