I’ll be honest: when Buster Posey took over as President of Baseball Operations, I didn’t know what to expect, but it sure wasn’t this. It sure wasn’t the San Francisco Giants opting out of the Corbin Burnes sweepstakes because they were apparently surprised that a recent Cy Young winner was going to garner a $200-million contract, and then trading a talented homegrown starting pitcher for a $250-million designated hitter.
That wasn’t how I thought any of this would go.
It seemed clear from Day 1 that Posey would inherit the Brian Sabean base philosophy that Posey partook in en route to three championships: strong, homegrown pitching, throwing to strong catchers, backed up by a strong defense.