Barely six weeks into this baseball season, it’s easy to look back and see how incredibly important Buster Posey was to the 2021 Giants. But as good as Posey was, he may be even better as a memory.
Barely six weeks into this baseball season, it’s easy to look back and see how incredibly important Buster Posey was to the 2021 Giants. I’m not saying that you couldn’t figure it out last year; that team was winning at staggering percentages in real time, and Posey was hanging up major numbers in real time. We all watched. It was right there.
It doesn’t mean Bart is failing, at least not precisely. But it’s a subtle reminder, as Kapler and his staff paw around trying to find the right combination of work for not one but two catchers, that even the ghost of Posey can cast a long shadow. No one knew last spring that Posey’s year off had done wonders for him. No one knew that Posey was both physically and mentally recovered. Everything was a guess. And even when the beautiful truth emerged, Kapler took no chances; during a 107-55 masterpiece of a 2021 regular season, Posey started only 102 times at catcher.
But this year is different. Bart was coming off a really solid Triple-A season in Sacramento, and everyone agreed it was his time. Casali was retained because he’s a solid, veteran second guy; 62 are the most games he’s ever started in an MLB season. No, Posey’s retirement was supposed to mean that the door was open for Joey Bart, period.
The manager’s not wrong. During many of the Giants’ best recent seasons, 7-8-9 hitters did a tremendous job of turning over the lineup and getting back to the top of the order. It’s no mean feat, but in a DH-fed world, it should be possible.
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