Mizzou Baseball in the Minors: Bond Market Down

■ Thanks to our friend mizzoufan_1 for tweeting us the news:

Brock Bond was assigned to AA yesterday.

Checking the transactions board, we see:

8/25/2010: Brock Bond assigned to Richmond Flying Squirrels from Fresno Grizzlies.

Apart from the possible loss of dignity resulting from now being known as a "flying squirrel" after being a "grizzly" for the past few months, Brock would seem to be getting demoted for little cause, since he has been putting up decent numbers at Triple-A Fresno.

.285 Avg in 403 at-bats, 62 R, 115 H, 24 2B, 4 eB, 1 HR, 35 RBI, 9 HBP, 66 BB, 63 SO, 9 SB

Looking closer at that transactions list, though, we see something more on the same day:

1B Brandon Belt assigned to Fresno Grizzlies from Richmond Flying Squirrels.

Tiger fans may remember Brandon Belt as a former Texas Longhorn. Belt was a 5th round draft pick of the Giants in 2009 and has been a hot commodity among their prospects.

According to the bloggers at calltothepen.com, Belt is very likely being fast-tracked through Fresno on his way to a September call-up to the San Fracisco Giants.

If that is indeed the plan, Brock Bond could find himself back in Fresno within a week or two, and back to helping the Grizzlies in their pennant race.