I don?t believe we ever officially welcomed Andrew Baggarly to the fold over here. Already my favorite Giants beat writer, he just made the move from the San Jose Mercury News to CSN Bay Area, where he?ll continue covering the team.
Baggarly today provides a full rundown on the current plans for Buster Posey, who is coming back from last year?s gruesome ankle injury. He?s all ready to play and he?ll catch a couple of pitchers during the first official workouts in Giants camp on Sunday, but he?ll also have a light workload initially in camp and he might spend some time at first base in an effort to keep him strong.
If you want more details than that, go read the full article. Or just do it anyway. We?re all one big happy family here under the Comcast umbrella.
Except, of course, I have to pick on Baggarly now, because he closes his article with this:
Everyone knows it: Posey?s recovery is the most significant storyline for the Giants this spring and it?s integral to their chances to reestablish themselves in the NL West. It?s no surprise that a large number of national media members have requested time with him after Sunday?s workout. The Giants arranged a news conference setting to deal with the requests.
Maybe it won?t be on par with the annual ?State of Barry? news events. But Posey is every bit as important to the Giants as Barry Bonds used to be.
No. No way. Not even close. Probably no one since Babe Ruth has ever been as important to his team as Barry Bonds used to be. Forget for a moment about how he got to be the player he was and just amaze at the numbers: Bonds posted an OPS over 1.000 in 13 straight seasons, topping out at 1.422. He won seven NL MVP awards, including four in a row from 2001-04. Those four seasons rank fourth, second, eighth and first all-time on the single-season OPS list.
I?m a big Buster Posey fan, but the odds are against him winning even one NL MVP award. His health is a huge key to the Giants? chances this season. But the Giants did manage to go 86-76 without him last year. When Bonds missed most of 2005, the Giants slipped from 91 wins to 75.
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