MLB.com has released its annual list of the Top 50 Prospects, including Giants prospects Buster Posey and Madison Bumgarner.

The Arizona Fall League wrapped up this past weekend and the Scottsdale Scorpions finished 3.5 games behind the Phoenix Desert Dogs in the AFL East with a 15-16 record.

John Bowker, who led the Minor Leagues with a .451 on-base percentage, was named Thursday to the Topps Triple-A All-Star team.

Fresno Grizzlies catcher Buster Posey has been named the winner of the 50th annual J.G. Taylor Spink Award as the Topps/Minor League Player of the Year for 2009.

The Arizona Fall League kicks off on Tuesday and the Giants will be sending five players to join the Scottsdale Scorpions squad: Buster Posey, Steve Edlefsen, Joe Martinez, Brandon Crawford and Thomas Neal.

Geno Espinelli earned his first save of the World Cup yesterday as Team USA beat Venezuela 6-3 and clinched a spot in the medal round this weekend in Nettuno, Italy. The US is now 10-1 in the 2009 Baseball World Cup.

Win or lose, we had fun this season, and we hope you did too. The Grizzlies would like to once again thank our fans for all of their incredible support during the 2009 season.

The Fresno Grizzlies dropped the season finale to the Reno Aces by a final score of 11-4 Monday afternoon at Aces Ballpark.

With an 8-6 loss to Reno (78-64) on Sunday at Aces Ballpark, Fresno falls below .500 (71-72) for the first time since May 11th (15-16). Grizzlies right-hander Matt Kinney suffered his league leading fourteenth loss of the season, lasting just 3.0 innings, allowing five runs on seven hits, with four strikeouts.