Had to post about his arrival. After some hinting with Sabean scouting Fresno games to take a look and seeing that Posey is much improved, the Giants made the stealth move to bring up Buster Posey, only Andy Baggarly beat them to the news (Thanks Andy!). Waldis Joaquin was optioned out to make room for Posey.
Baggarly also has a great blog post about what having Buster Posey means and don't mean for the Giants. It was as even-handed and clear as anything out there about Posey, written by a Giants expert (unlike all those columnists who write about Posey and the Giants as if they have followed everything). Totally recommend anyone to go there and read, it was beautiful.
He also noted in another blog that Posey is not necessarily going to be up there for good. The injuries to DeRosa and Renteria made their availability limited in the near term and thus opened up a window for the Giants to examine another position prospect. Posey is here to take that window and when it is time to bring back those two players, then the Giants will see how things are going and make the move appropriate to the situation. Meaning that if he's scuffling, he's probably going down, but if he's raking, well, as the old baseball cliche goes, he just thankfully made the decision harder for Giants management.
Also have to note his first start. Facing a pitcher he battered in the minors earlier this season, Billy Buckner, he had three base-hits for three RBIs, helping the Giants to a 12-1 victory. Posey got the headlines, of course, but he was just a cog in the Giants scoring machine, we already led 2-0 when he drove in the third run and Jonathan Sanchez had the D-backs in control for the most part in the win.
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