December 5, 2009

Pocket Full of Poseys

It must be difficult being a Giants fan:

The Giants’ brass met several times this week in preparation for the winter meetings, which begin Monday in Indianapolis, and the feeling was Posey’s not quite ready to play every day in the big leagues, meaning the Giants will need a buffer, someone to catch regularly until Posey emerges for good.

General manager Brian Sabean said the front office had a “raging debate” over whether Posey would be the No. 1 catcher, adding, “We came to the overall conclusion it would be a tall order to ask him to do that. He just hasn’t played a lot.”

Really? In 2009, Posey made the jump from A to AAA. He posted a .391 OBP and a .511 slugging percentage at AAA. Exactly what does he need to prove? This strikes me as the Giants wanting to keep Posey down in the minor long enough so that he’s not a super two. This is a team that needs better offense to complement their fine pitching. When Buster comes up in June, fans will need to hope that the couple of wins they didn’t get in April and May don’t keep them out of the playoffs.

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