| Hot | 6/19/2013 11:20:00 AM |
Description: Padres starter Eric Stults is coming off a two-hit complete game effort in his last start and is 2-1 with a 1.45 ERA and a 22/1 K/BB over his last four starts, but Giants catcher Buster Posey hasn't had much of an issue against the lefty. | Insight: Posey, who is hitting .436 with 11 RBI over his last 10 games, has gone 6-for-10 with two doubles, a homer and two BB against Stults. | | |
| 6/2/2013 7:06:00 PM |
Description: Giants catcher Buster Posey crushed four hits Sunday against St. Louis. | Insight: Two of the four hits went for extra bases. He's having another excellent season, hitting .308 with seven homers and 31 RBI. The 2012 NL MVP leads all major league catchers in slugging (.514) and is second in OPS (.904). | | |
| 5/19/2013 3:25:00 PM |
Description: San Francisco catcher Buster Posey isn't starting Sunday's game against Colorado. | Insight: Posey is just getting a breather. Guillermo Quiroz (.240, 1 HR, 3 RBI) will get the start behind the plate. | | |
| 5/8/2013 2:46:00 PM |
Description: Giants catcher Buster Posey is not in Wednesday's getaway day game against the Phillies. | Insight: No injury, just the normal day game after a night game off. He's batting .282 with 4 HR and 19 RBI. Solid, but not the production we are used to from the 2012 NL MVP. The day off should do him some good. | | |
| 4/28/2013 9:20:00 PM |
Description: Giants catcher Buster Posey has put together a nine-game hitting streak and raised his average from .213 to .286 in that span. | Insight: Posey won the batting title and NL MVP last year, so we were never worried about his production. | | |
| 4/26/2013 1:20:00 PM |
Description: Giants catcher Buster Posey has faced Padres starter Andrew Cashner just six times, but he has taken him deep twice for a 2.071 OPS. | Insight: Posey owns a six-game hitting streak to raise his average to .262, well below expectations, but heading in the right direction. This matchup should continue the upward trend. | | |
| 4/24/2013 1:50:00 PM |
Description: Giants catcher Buster Posey will get Wednesday afternoon off. No injury, just a day game following a night game. | Insight: Posey has a modest five-game hitting streak to raise his average to .250. He has struggled in the daylight this season, batting just .219 during the afternoon and .281 at night. | | |
| 4/10/2013 10:35:00 AM |
Description: Giants catcher Buster Posey is 5-for-8 against Colorado starter Jeff Francis with a home run and a 1.792 OPS. | Insight: Posey got the night off on Tuesday, so should be ready to go Wednesday afternoon. He's also got slightly better power numbers during day games than night games with an OPS of .893 in the sunlight and .866 in artificial light. | | |
| 4/9/2013 6:27:00 PM |
Description: Giants catcher Buster Posey will not start Tuesday's game with Tim Lincecum on the hill, according to Alex Pavlovic of the Mercury News. | Insight: Hector Sanchez will catch Lincecum. He was Lincecum's backstop for close to half his innings last season. | | |
| 4/1/2013 10:25:00 AM |
Description: Giants catcher Buster Posey may be the reigning NL MVP and batting champion, but he's a career .182 hitter (6-for-33) against Dodgers' ace Clayton Kershaw. | Insight: Posey should once again be a top-two fantasy catcher, but that doesn't mean he has learned how to hit Kershaw. Don't expect much out of this matchup. | | |
| 3/29/2013 7:20:00 PM |
Description: The Giants signed catcher Buster Posey to an eight-year, $167 million contract extension with a team option for 2022, according to ESPN. | Insight: Posey is the reigning NL MVP and has won two World Series titles in his three seasons. The deal is the longest in Giants history and the most money ever guaranteed to a player with fewer than three years of service time. He should once again be a top-two fantasy catcher. | | |
| 1/18/2013 6:23:00 PM |
Description: Giants catcher Buster Posey avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year contract. | Insight: Posey will get $8 million after winning the 2012 NL MVP. The Giants catcher could be a first-round draft choice in 2013 fantasy drafts. | | |
| 10/19/2012 5:31:00 PM |
Description: Giants catcher Buster Posey was named this season's National League Comeback Player of the Year. | Insight: We're guessing that won't be the only piece of hardware Posey walks away with this postseason. He's a favorite to win the MVP Award as well and if San Francisco can turn things around, Posey could win his second World Series in three seasons. | | |
| 10/11/2012 6:49:00 PM |
Description: San Francisco catcher Buster Posey hit a grand slam Thursday to help the Giants beat the Reds in Game 5 of the NLDS. | Insight: Posey's fifth-inning blast put San Francisco up 6-0 but the Reds chipped away before the Giants held on for a 6-4 win. In the process, San Francisco became the first NL team to come back from down 2-0 in the division series. | | |
| 10/9/2012 9:55:00 AM |
Description: San Francisco catcher Buster Posey is hitless in five at-bats against Cincinnati starter Homer Bailey with a couple of strikeouts. | Insight: Posey is the heart of the Giants light-hitting lineup and if he struggles, so does the Giants offense. He led the NL in batting (.336) and banged out 24 HR and 103 RBI. | | |
| Hot | 10/4/2012 11:22:00 AM |
Description: San Francisco catcher Buster Posey has won his first National League batting title with a .336 average. Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen came in second at .327. | Insight: Posey seems like a shoe-in for the NL MVP Award. His 24 homers and 103 RBI this season established new career highs and his 7.2 wins above replacement was third in the majors behind only Mike Trout and Robinson Cano, who are both in the American League. His Giants will open the playoffs Saturday in Cincinnati. | | |
| Hot | 9/30/2012 3:13:00 PM |
Description: Giants catcher Buster Posey will receive the day off Sunday against San Diego. | Insight: Posey (.337, 23 HR, 100 RBI) has used a recent 6-for-10 stretch over his last three games to pull ahead of Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen in the race for the National League batting title. Hector Sanchez (.273, 3 HR, 34 RBI) will get the start behind the plate for San Francisco. | | |
| 9/23/2012 2:19:00 PM |
Description: San Francisco catcher Buster Posey will receive the day off Sunday against San Diego. | Insight: Now that teammate Melky Cabrera has disqualified himself, Posey has a good shot at winning the NL batting title. Right now he trails league-leader Andrew McCutchen .337 to .333. | | |
| Hot | 9/18/2012 9:59:00 AM |
Description: San Francisco catcher Buster Posey is 5-for-6 against lefty Jeff Francis with a home run and a 2.333 OPS. | Insight: Since July 1, Posey has batted .374 with a 1.076 OPS. He's having another excellent season, batting .334 for the year with 22 HR and 93 RBI and is a top-three fantasy catcher. He's a must start. | | |
| 8/31/2012 9:29:00 PM |
Description: San Francisco catcher Buster Posey turned in a 3-for-3 outing Friday versus the Cubs. | Insight: Unfortunately for Giants fans, it came in a losing effort. Posey finished the month of August with a .371 batting average and 21 RBI in 26 games. | | |
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