With Buster Posey out for the season with hip surgery, all baseball fans alike question Posey’s Hall of Fame case. The lifelong Giant has a curious career; Posey has a slew of awards with underwhelming stats. Over his ten years of service, he has 1,276 hits, 246 doubles, 635 RBIs, an impressive .306 batting average, and 133 home runs in 1,144 career games. Additionally, Posey’s home run numbers has been steadily declining since 2014, basing at only five in 2018. However, Posey has four Silver Sluggers, with the most recent coming in 2017. The three time World Series champ also won the Rookie of the Year in 2010 and the MVP and Comeback Player of the Year in 2012, to go along with six All Star appearances and a Gold Glove. Award wise, Posey is in very good shape at this point of his career. Posey is still far, but he stills needs to compile more awards and milestones if he wants to be enshrined among the immortals in Cooperstown.
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Catching Success
Catching Success
An article about the toughest position on the baseball diamond
Out of all the positions on the baseball diamond, the catcher position is the hardest. They have to crouch behind the plate all day, get baseballs thrown at them to speeds up to 100 mph, taking foul balls of their hand, hit in the head with back swings, and to get an occasional collision while still coming up to bat 4 to 5 times a game. How do they do it? Take a look at Yadier Molina. He has one of the best arms for throwing at base runners. He can even throw out the base stealers even when his knees are on the ground. He snaps his wrist to get the runner out. Like other catchers, Yadier not only has to be prepared for base stealers but also for wild pitches. He is so good at his job that in 2014 he won the National League Platinum Glove for the best defensive player at any position. Through all this, Yadier Molina still comes through in the clutch for St. Louis Cardinals many times.
Buster Posey is another example of a great catcher. Buster is more on the offensive side than the defensive side. In 2012, Buster Posey won the National League Most Valuable Player award. That year, he batted a league leading .336 average, hit 24 home runs, and drove in 103 RBIs. Buster also won the 2010 Rookie of the Year award and multiple Silver Sluggers. Buster has helped the San Francisco Giants with his defensive skills, too. In 2013, Posey caught a no-hitter by Tim Lincecum against the San Diego Padres. Two years later, he caught Chris Heston’s no-hitter against the New York Mets. On top of that, he has caught 3 World Series titles in 5 years. A part of this is because he and Madison Bumgarner are a key battery pair.
Brian McCann of the New York Yankees is a good example of an all-around catcher. He handles the pitching staff well and he makes them feel comfortable so they can pitch good games. He throws out the average amount of base stealers and has tremendous power. Brian has more than 200 home runs although playing the roughest position on the baseball diamond. A specialty of Brian is his ability to block the split finger fastball. With Masahiro Tanaka and Nathan Evoaldi, he has to that a lot.
Buster Posey and Yadier Molina
The two best catchers in the game are Yadier Molina of the Cardinals and Buster Posey of the Giants. Buster Posey has won three World Series in five years and Yadier has eight Gold Gloves through his first 12 seasons in the Major Leagues.
Buster Posey
Buster Posey is one of the best players in the game today. We now will look into his history.
Buster Posey, in my opinion, is the best catcher in the game. He is probably the strongest built player in the world. In 2011, he took a massive blow to the head and body which almost killed him. Thankfully he survived that with only a broken ankle. He has been in three World Series as of 2014. He also was the 2010 NL rookie of the year.
On top of that, he was the 2012 NL MVP. He also was a candidate for the 2014 NL MVP Award. Plus, he caught multiple time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw in the all-star game. The Giants would be nothing without their face of the franchise.