Catcher Buster Posey is the face of the San Francisco Giants. He's got a National League Rookie of the Year Award and NL MVP trophy in his case, among other accolades. He's arguably the strongest thread that runs through the team's trio of recent championships. And he's an All-Star once again, for good reason.
We say this, then, with no offense intended to Posey: Brandon Belt, the Giants' other position-player All-Star, is emerging as the team's offensive leader, and one of the key drivers behind San Francisco's first-half success.
Belt, who is headed to his first Midsummer Classic courtesy of the final fan vote, went 2-for-4 with a triple and an RBI in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.