Posey is a Giant - SF Chronicle

Henry has posted a blog:

Our man John Shea is in Atlanta and will be on a conference call with GM
Brian Sabean to get details. However, I can tell you it's a done deal.
The Giants have signed first-round draft pick Buster Posey, the Florida
State catcher and 2008 Golden Spikes winner.

Baseball America reports that Posey will get a signing bonus of $6.2
million and no major-league contract. If BA is correct, Posey's bonus
will surpass the Giants' record for an amateur by a staggering $3.7 million.

Interestingly, despite all the draft-time talk that Posey wanted $12
million, he is getting only $200,000 more than last year's No. 5 pick,
Georgia State catcher Matt Wieters, got from the Orioles. Giants fans
can only hope Posey has the kind of first professional season Wieters
has had.

Posted By: Henry Schulman (Email) | Aug 15 at 09:34 PM

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> Henry has posted a blog:
>
> Our man John Shea is in Atlanta and will be on a conference call with GM
> Brian Sabean to get details. However, I can tell you it's a done deal. The
> Giants have signed first-round draft pick Buster Posey, the Florida State
> catcher and 2008 Golden Spikes winner.
>
> Baseball America reports that Posey will get a signing bonus of $6.2
> million and no major-league contract. If BA is correct, Posey's bonus will
> surpass the Giants' record for an amateur by a staggering $3.7 million.
>
> Interestingly, despite all the draft-time talk that Posey wanted $12
> million, he is getting only $200,000 more than last year's No. 5 pick,
> Georgia State catcher Matt Wieters, got from the Orioles. Giants fans can
> only hope Posey has the kind of first professional season Wieters has had.
>
> Posted By: Henry Schulman (Email) | Aug 15 at 09:34 PM
>
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=22&entry_id=29175

I was in Tallahassee all week. There seemed to be excitement in T-town
about the Posey signing.