I understand there is an owner of the team who is completely against Posey playing again. Not sure what he has against Posey, but apparently he was the main driver in Posey retiring in the first place.
Really sad, after all that Posey did for the franchise. ROY, MVP, three rings. Even his commercials were hilarious.
You always wonder some weird stuff LOL
If true, that has to be one of the dumbest decisions in the history of baseball (okay, maybe a slight exaggeration). How many franchises have a catcher of that caliber in their org? An example of where personal bias (of whatever sort) hurts the individual. Posey makes the Giants better.
Just about all of the Giants' receiving prospect corps struggled in 2022 (Bart, Genoves, Bailey, Sugastey, Santana). Fortunately, both Bart and Bailey had strong 2nd halfs to give some reason for hope in this front.It won't be for 2023, but keep an eye on this guy:
Patrick Bailey Amateur, College, Fall & Minor Leagues Statistics | Baseball-Reference.com
Patrick Bailey Amateur, College, Fall & Minor Leagues Statistics including batting, fielding, prospect rankings and more on Baseball-Reference.comwww.baseball-reference.com
He's only 24 by Opening Day, hit to a .979 in college (NC State), and .761 last year in Norwalk (A+ level).
The rest of our minors look pretty thin at catcher:
2022 San Francisco Giants Minor League Affiliates | Baseball-Reference.com
Every Affiliates Statistics and the Stats for Every Player in the 2022 San Francisco Giants Farm Systemwww.baseball-reference.com
(Scroll down to Organizational Batting and sort on 'Pos Summary', then scroll down to the catchers)
It's fun to go where no thought has gone before.
You missed the joke...think about it
It’s the Johnson kid, not the old MAGA chud Johnson.
To be fair: not a complete lack of activity — they talked to Casali.
Bring me the Jew!Uh oh, @tzill, did we miss out on one of the Chosen People?
Carlos Correa - Wikipedia
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"Carlos Javier Correa Oppenheimer Jr. (born September 22, 1994) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball shortstop who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, who selected him first overall in the 2012 MLB draft, and for the Minnesota Twins.""Correa was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, to Carlos Correa Sr. and Sandybel Oppenheimer.[1]"
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With the likely imminent rise of Cole Waites, our bullpen is in decent shape, IMHO. With the Rogerses reunited, hopefully there will be some positive synergy between the two. Add Doval, Brebbia, Alexander, et al, with Wood and Junis for long relief/spot starting, and we're not bad.
I think the idea is now to build depth, for the exact reason you mentioned, relievers are great one year and horrible the next. It is hard to find consistently good relievers. Here is the current depth in AAA:
www.mlbtraderumors.com
LOL. The author probably thinks Jocko will be the regular CF, or maybe SS since we didn't sign Correa.Here is to the author just guessing on the Giants' DH situation in 2023 and not having any real insight to their plans:
How NL Teams Have Addressed Their Weakest Positions Of 2022
We covered the American League's 15 teams earlier today, so now let's check in on how the National League's 15 …
"Giants (Designated Hitter, 0.1 bWAR): The platooning and lineup-juggling that worked so well for San Francisco in 2021 backfired last year, as catcher was the only lineup position with a collective bWAR above the 1.2 mark. The DH spot was at the bottom of the list, and such frequent designated hitters as Tommy La Stella and Evan Longoria are already gone. Mitch Haniger and Michael Conforto figure to boost the DH spot when they’re not in the outfield, but by and large, the Giants will keep cycling multiple players through the DH role to keep everyone healthy."
