Buscher Makes Major League Debut
posted by Scott Hood on Saturday, July 28, 2007
Buscher, now 26, started at third base for the Twins and went 2-for-4 from the eighth spot in the order. He singled to right in his first major league at-bat. He also committed an error with a bad throw to first base in the third inning. He was selected by Minnesota in the Rule 5 Draft this past December from the Giants. San Francisco picked Buscher inthe third round of the 2003 MLB Draft.
A story on mlb.com described Buscher as "the Twins' third base prospect that had been lacking in their farm system." His rise through the Twins' system has been meteoric. Buscher started the 2007 season with Double-A New Britain before being promoted to Triple-A Rochester on June 20.
An article on mlb.com posted Saturday morning said Minnesota planned to start Buscher again at third on Saturday night. Buscher attributed his success this season to greater concentration and better machanics at the plate.
Buscher hit .308 with 19 doubles, seven HR and 37 RBI in 63 games at New Britain. He continued to hit well after moving up to Rochester, batting .313 with six HR, seven doubles and 20 RBI in 30 games until his call up to the Twins.
Buscher is the seventh different former USC player to play in the major leagues this season. Adam Everett (Houston), Brian Roberts (Baltimore) and Jon Coutlangus (Reds) are still with their big league clubs, while Lee Gronkiewicz (Blue Jays), Marcus McBeth (Cincinnati) and Kevin Melillo (Oakland) appeared briefly before being returned to the Triple-A affiliates of their respective clubs.
Buscher played for USC in 2002 and 2003. The Gamecocks reached the College World Series in both seasons. Buscher led USC in hitting in 2003 with a .393 average, and his 106 hits tied for the second highest single season total in school history. He was named an All-American.
Buscher is the fourth player from the 2002 USC team to reach the major leagues. The others are Drew Meyer (Rangers), Melillo and Coutlangus. Meyer appeared in several games for the Rangers last season. The 2002 Gamecocks finished 57-18, beat Clemson twice in Omaha and advanced to the national championship game against the University of Texas.
A fifth player from the 2002 team, catcher Landon Powell, is expected to reach the major leagues in 2008.
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Former South Carolina third baseman Brian Buscher made his major league debut for the Minnesota Twins Friday night in a 10-4 loss to the Cleveland Indians at Jacobs Field.
Buscher, now 26, started at third base for the Twins and went 2-for-4 from the eighth spot in the order. He singled to right in his first major league at-bat. He also committed an error with a bad throw to first base in the third inning. He was selected by Minnesota in the Rule 5 Draft this past December from the Giants. San Francisco picked Buscher inthe third round of the 2003 MLB Draft.
A story on mlb.com described Buscher as "the Twins' third base prospect that had been lacking in their farm system." His rise through the Twins' system has been meteoric. Buscher started the 2007 season with Double-A New Britain before being promoted to Triple-A Rochester on June 20.
An article on mlb.com posted Saturday morning said Minnesota planned to start Buscher again at third on Saturday night. Buscher attributed his success this season to greater concentration and better machanics at the plate.
Buscher hit .308 with 19 doubles, seven HR and 37 RBI in 63 games at New Britain. He continued to hit well after moving up to Rochester, batting .313 with six HR, seven doubles and 20 RBI in 30 games until his call up to the Twins.
Buscher is the seventh different former USC player to play in the major leagues this season. Adam Everett (Houston), Brian Roberts (Baltimore) and Jon Coutlangus (Reds) are still with their big league clubs, while Lee Gronkiewicz (Blue Jays), Marcus McBeth (Cincinnati) and Kevin Melillo (Oakland) appeared briefly before being returned to the Triple-A affiliates of their respective clubs.
Buscher played for USC in 2002 and 2003. The Gamecocks reached the College World Series in both seasons. Buscher led USC in hitting in 2003 with a .393 average, and his 106 hits tied for the second highest single season total in school history. He was named an All-American.
Buscher is the fourth player from the 2002 USC team to reach the major leagues. The others are Drew Meyer (Rangers), Melillo and Coutlangus. Meyer appeared in several games for the Rangers last season. The 2002 Gamecocks finished 57-18, beat Clemson twice in Omaha and advanced to the national championship game against the University of Texas.
A fifth player from the 2002 team, catcher Landon Powell, is expected to reach the major leagues in 2008.
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Scott Hood. Since February of 2005, Scott has covered the South Carolina football, men's basketball and baseball programs for GamecockCentral. He may be reached by email at scottblog(at)gamecockcentral.com. Replace (at) with @.