San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey officially opted out of the 2020 MLB season Friday amid the coronavirus pandemic.
According to NBC Sports Bay Area's Alex Pavlovic, Posey said he and his wife are adopting twin girls who were born prematurely last week, saying: "From a baseball standpoint it was a tough decision, from a family standpoint and feeling like I'm making a decision to protect our children, I feel like it was relatively easy."
However, he said the decision was one he "wrestled with quite a bit," perJake Seinerof the Associated Press.