San Jose Mercury News · Jul 5, 2018
Giants’ top pick Joey Bart has a debut to remember
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – JUNE 18: Joey Bart, the number two overall pick in the draft by the San Francisco Giants, waves to the crowd during the Giants game against the Miami Marlins at AT&T Park on June 18, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)Buster Posey doesn’t need to start looking over his shoulder just yet, but it took just one game for catching prospect Joey Bart to show why the Giants took him second overall in last month’s draft.
In his first official minor league game, Bart crushed a pair of home runs while going 3-for-5 with four RBIs for the Class-A Salem-Kaizer Volcanoes on Wednesday night.
Small sample sizes aside, how’s that for starters?