Is Buster Posey The Best Former Seminole To Play In The Majors?

We examine if Buster Posey is the best former FSU baseball star to play in the majors.

As the 69th season of FSU baseball continues with the Seminoles again in the top 10 nationally and in line for another NCAA Tournament bid, the roster in Tallahassee is loaded with players that have the potential to one day play in the majors.

If players like Mike Compton, John Sansone and Ben DeLuzio (to name a few) do one day get to “the show”, they will join a legacy of great players to wear the garnet and gold before their professional success. Names like J.D. Drew, Scott Proctor, Deion Sanders, Paul Sorrento are among those who have had success in the pros…as well as the man FSU’s home diamond is named after, Dick Howser.

For all the great history behind FSU baseball, the best talent in the MLB of all time to come out of Tallahassee has been within the last decade. He’s currently catching for one of the National League’s favorites this season and going for his fourth World Series ring in the last seven seasons.

When Buster Posey arrived as a freshman, he was a lanky shortstop from Georgia with incredible talent. When he left three seasons later, he was not only the best catcher in college baseball but the best PLAYER in the game.

A fifth overall pick by the San Francisco Giants, Posey didn’t spend a lot of time in the minors. After being called up for the last month of the 2009 season, Posey came up for a second time from the minors in May of 2010 and never left the Bay Area.

In the five seasons since (as he missed most of 2011 following a devastating injury during a home plate collision), all Posey has done is be named Rookie of the Year in 2010, National League MVP and Comeback Player of the Year in 2012 to go along with three All-Star appearances and those three world championships.

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At the age of 29, Posey has hit .310 for his career with 852 hits and 103 home runs. With the Giants now playing him at first base more often to avoid wear and tear on his knees, there is no question that Posey could play for another 10+ seasons and challenge 3,000 hits and 400 homers for a career, which would cementer his place as the greatest to come out of FSU.

The sky is the limit for Buster Posey once his playing career is over. With many successful MLB managers of all time being former catchers, Posey could probably name his position for any team in the majors and be ready to do just fine.

Hopefully for fans of the Giants (and FSU baseball) that won’t be happening for a long time and the legacy will continue for the best MLB to ever have worn the garnet and gold and said they were a player for the Florida State Seminoles.

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