 "Baseball America" dubbed him the player with the best strike-zone discipline in the Giants' organization.In , he spent nearly half the season at San Jose of the California League, where he hit .324 with a .414 OBP.He spent most of the rest of the season with the Double-A Connecticut Defenders, where he hit .286 with a .365 OBP, and ended the season with a handful of at-bats with the Triple-A Fresno Grizzlies.