Buster Posey: Broken Leg, Torn Ligaments

[revo]

buh bye 2011

[Hornsby]

Looks like Belt is the call-up...in the OF this time?

[braveshots]

Owner in our league with Posey also has numerous other injured players and is considering looking to next year. Assuming the following players are at keeper prices, is an offer of Sizemore, Pagan and Bumgarner too much for Lincecum. I have Rasmus, Bruce, Cruz, Torres, Gordon and Raj Davis in my OF now.

[griswold]

So who takes Posey's spot at catcher?

I need a decent starter....thanks.

[joncarlos]

So who takes Posey's spot at catcher?

I need a decent starter....thanks.

Bengie Molina? Wouldn't shock me. Not sure if he's in "shape" and ready to answer the phone or not.

[SeaDogStat]

Bengie Molina? Wouldn't shock me. Not sure if he's in "shape" and ready to answer the phone or not.

Not sure if he's in shape enough to answer the phone...says the guy who makes his hippo avatar look svelte.

[B-Fly]

So who takes Posey's spot at catcher?

I need a decent starter....thanks.

Until they go out and get Bengie or somebody else, it'll be Eli Whiteside, but he's unlikely to be "decent" offensively.

[amcg]

Have now lost both Posey and Mauer from the same team this season.

[Trautdiggity]

Until they go out and get Bengie or somebody else, it'll be Eli Whiteside, but he's unlikely to be "decent" offensively.

Yeah. Chris Stewart recalled (threw up a little in my mouth). Giants are sure to be buyers for a catcher. Anyone else thing a deal for Pudge makes a ton of sense for them?

ETA: could also see Doumit as a target

[madducks]

Pirates have two $5 million dollar catchers in Doumit and Snyder. And it makes little sense for Pittsburgh to pay one of them that much money to ride the bench. If Pirates GM Neil Huntington is smart, he is already on the phone talking to the Giants.

[weez1414]

Ughh....Posey + De La Rosa + Johnson all in 1 week. Straw > Camel's back.

[Don Quixote]

Pirates have two $5 million dollar catchers in Doumit and Snyder. And it makes little sense for Pittsburgh to pay one of them that much money to ride the bench. If Pirates GM Neil Huntington is smart, he is already on the phone talking to the Giants.

And if Huntington is smart, he'll deal Snyder. Of course, Sabean has seen plenty of Snyder from his Arizona days, so he'll want Doumit.

Other offhand possibilities--

Pudge
Brayan Pena
Ramon Castro
Jorge Posada (j/k)
Taylor Teagarden
Ramon Hernandez
Kelly Shoppach
Craig Tatum
J R Towles


Few of whom are any improvement.

[joncarlos]

Wow, LOTS of articles are popping up lamenting the catcher-runner collision aspect of baseball. Personally, I don't feel that this is a bad part of baseball at all.

Any thoughts from the RJ faithful?

Sh!t happens. I don't remember anyone suggesting we ban all collisions at the plate when Francisco Cervelli got hurt in a pre-season game. Nobody said catchers have to do it. I don't hear anyone advocating we take away attempted breakups of double plays even though Swisher broke Nishioka's leg 2 months ago. It's just that this is the highest-profile guy to get hurt in a while.

[Sour Masher]

Wow, LOTS of articles are popping up lamenting the catcher-runner collision aspect of baseball. Personally, I don't feel that this is a bad part of baseball at all.

Any thoughts from the RJ faithful?

I think that a runner, whether sliding into 2b or trying to get to home plate, should be able to do what it takes to get to the bag. But so many injuries seem to occur at both places when the intent is not to get to the plate, but to try to break up the double play or try to knock the ball out of the catcher's glove, I would not be opposed to making it illegal for a player to focus on making contact with the defending player rather than making contact with the bag. That is/would be an admittedly difficult thing to determine, and would be highly subjective, but I think that is more in keeping with the spirit of the sport, which I do not think of as a contact sport.

[cardboardbox]

very close, but not quite blocking the plate. Still not saying it wasnt a clean hit, but its not like Posey was sitting on the plate/line. He even tries to make the tag before he's hit which says to me expected Cousins to slide.