11:17PM: Manager Gabe Kapler confirmed that Posey wouldn’t be starting Monday’s game, but told reporters (including Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area) that Posey might be available off the bench.
11:01PM: Giants catcher Buster Posey left tonight’s game with a left thumb contusion after he was struck by a foul ball from the Diamondbacks’ Daulton Varsho. Posey stayed in the game for the remainder of Varsho’s at-bat but was then replaced behind the plate by backup Curt Casali.
X-rays were negative on Posey’s thumb, as reported by The Athletic’s Andrew Baggarly (Twitter links) and other journalists following the game. This is undoubtedly a huge sign of relief for the team and San Francisco fans, given how a more severe injury could have threatened to derail both the Giants’ dream season and Posey’s big comeback year. The veteran is hitting .328/.421/.547 with 12 home runs through 233 plate appearances, and is on pace for his best season since his MVP campaign in 2012.
Posey’s resurgence earned him a well-deserved starting slot on the NL All-Star team, though his participation in his seventh Midsummer Classic might now be up in the air if the Giants want him to take it easy in the wake of this injury. An injured list visit might not be entirely out of the question, though Baggarly notes that Posey was already scheduled to sit during tomorrow’s game with the Cardinals. The Giants also have an off-day on Thursday, so this rest might be enough for Posey to avoid the IL.
Casali has posted some decent numbers during his career but hasn’t produced much in 2021, hitting only .192/.298/.313 in 114 PA. He could handle the starting duties in the event of a brief Posey IL stint, and Chadwick Tromp would likely be called up from Triple-A for backup duty. Top prospect Joey Bart is demolishing pitching at Triple-A, though Bart is himself dealing with an injury after being hit by a pitch on his foot during Friday’s game.
Well Buster Posey got hurt. Time to change a rule.
sick burn, bro!
Thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery.
Hilariously ignorant on multiple levels, bravo if the irony is intentional
That’s what they do in the nba, the soft league.
I got a feeling you couldn’t do 15 pushups if your life depended on it
Bet.
Put me down for “2” if there is a pool. However: he would do both of those push-ups using excellent grammar.
What an asshat statement
Thank you. I’ll file that opinion in my “I don’t give a crap” folder.
your original post was devastatingly excellent
Do some research hiflew. The protecting the catcher rule wasn’t implemented until Alex Avila was seriously injured almost 2 years after Cousins went out of his way to plow into Posey. Avila’s dad got the rule put in. But to be honest, when I read your post my first reaction was “why give a crap what this idiot thinks?”.
I put it in my “I don’t give w2 caps folder”.
I put it in my “I don’t give 2 craps folder”.
Oh look, another gigantic buffoon who thinks the rule changed because of Buster Posey.
The rule was changed for the 2014 season…Posey got hurt in 2011.
Which catcher got famously collided with in the 2013 Playoffs? Alex Avila.
Who is Alex’s dad? The GM of the Detroit Tigers.
Yeah, the rule changed because of Avila, not Posey. Your joke isn’t even funny.
Saying Casali “…hasn’t produced much” in 2021, is a little short-sighted. He got off to a horrendously slow start, but over the last 28 days he’s hitting .355/.394/.677 with an OPS of 1.071. Admittedly that is a small sample of only 33 PAs, but he’s a part-time player. 33 PAs amounts to over 29% of his season so far. And with his work behind the plate, SF has to be more than happy with him as Posey’s back up.
Agreed. I was personally too hard on Casali earlier in the year. He has shown he can contribute with the bat, not just call a strong game. Pleased to be wrong.
And he’s hitting .405 now, since his injury, which is incredible considering he was below .100 prior to his DL stay.
Tromp Tromp!
A Thumb contusion, rub some dirt on it and let’s go
SMH
Yes, because batting and catching 95-mph pitches is easy with an injured thumb…
He literally stayed in and caught a high velocity heater after the injury. He tried rubbing dirt on it.
Most of the Giants contracts come off of the books at the end of this year. The time is now, if Zaidi wants to be aggressive and go out and add some proven all star type talent to this team.
I imagine ownership is giving him the green light to spend, if the right opportunity arises to bolster this team against both the red hot Dodgers and Padres?
Either way, they’ve played way above their expectations this year and are definitely heading in the right direction. I’m curious as to who Zaidi is eyeing to bring in for the second half of this season? Which bad contracts he may considering?
Red hot Dodgers? They were red hot to start the season. They are managing to stay within striking distance of the best team in baseball now.
Good maybe the more deserving Yadia Molina will rightfully take his place. The unanimous first time Hall of Famer should not have been left off to start with.
Yadi always the brides maid never the bride. Busters gonna be first ballot unanimous and yadi will be playing doms w Barry bonds
Lol. I’m a Giants fan and I think Yadi will be a 1st or 2nd ballot and Buster will probably be somewhere near there.
themed:
Well first of all, his name is Yadier, or you can call him Yadi. Not sure where you got Yadia from,
Both are excellent catchers, and both will probably be in the HoF. Posey was always the better hitter, and today even more so. To the extent, in fact, that arguing Molina should get the start over Posey in 2021 is absurd. It’s not even close.
Your right Yadi is starting not even close
The fallacy in your implication is that Yadi is starting for some other reason than Posey being injured. Otherwise…, yeah, it’s not even close.
But perhaps you need stats:
Molina: 280/.332/.405, .736 OPS, 41.4 WAR, 98 OPS+
Posey: .303/.372/.460, .832 OPS. 43.7 WAR, 129 OPS+
Maybe it’s a little close in WAR, but, yeah, it’s not close.
Those were their career numbers. After posting them I realized their 2021 numbers are more relevant to the 2021 ASG.
Molina: .258/.305/.417, .722 OPS, 102 OPS+
Posey: .328/.421/.547, .968 OPS, 166 OPS+
Again, not even close.
His right what?
Clown comment
Arrest Scott cousins
Is Zaidi looking at Kris Bryant?
Probably not
He’s now on the IL; Webb coming up.
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