Posey takes over for Farhan Zaidi, whom the group parted methods with after an 80-82 season. Whereas Zaidi gained Government of the 12 months after placing collectively a membership that gained a franchise-record 107 video games in 2021, it was the membership’s solely postseason look in his six years as president of baseball operations.
After a .500 season in 2022 was adopted by 79 and 80-win campaigns, the Giants are turning to a group legend.
The seven-time All-Star catcher was the Nationwide League Rookie of the 12 months in 2010 and the MVP in 2012. Posey surprisingly retired after the 2021 season, a 12 months when he hit .308 and launched 18 residence runs, leaving a $22M wage on the desk. One 12 months later, he’d joined the group’s ownership group.
There have been indicators that Posey was able to tackle a bigger position within the group. He was already an advisor to Zaidi and group chairman Greg Johnson and a member of the group’s board of administrators. When negotiations stalled on an extension for third baseman Matt Chapman in August, it reportedly was Posey who stepped in to shut out the deal.
It is not clear what Posey’s philosophy shall be as group president, however the Giants’ three title groups have been constructed round robust beginning pitching, high quality protection and a younger, defensive-minded catcher (just like the group’s present backstop, Patrick Bailey). That will bode effectively for the Giants’ probabilities to resign Blake Snell, since Zaidi was loath to offer out lengthy offers, significantly to pitchers.
There’s additionally a way that Posey shall be extra decisive than Zaidi, who was criticized for his reluctance to make strikes on the commerce deadline. Zaidi not often added gamers midseason, nor did he usually promote veterans who have been heading into free company. That center floor between rebuilding and contending is how the Giants hovered round .500 for 4 of Zaidi’s final 5 seasons in cost.
If nothing else, Giants possession has purchased just a few extra years of endurance from their fan base, which soured on Zaidi’s strategy in the previous couple of years. Posey is without doubt one of the group’s most beloved gamers of all time, which is able to get him the advantage of the doubt, a minimum of for some time.
One factor Posey is aware of effectively is that it doesn’t matter what an govt says or what analytics they make use of, nothing issues greater than profitable on the sphere.
