Buster Posey For NL MVP

Everybody can make a case for their favorite player or the best player on their favorite team to win the MVP.  All of that is subjective because its your team or player.  Here are the reasons that Buster Posey should win the NL MVP.

On August 14th the San Francisco Giants lose Melky Cabrera due to him testing positive for PEDs.  He was batting .346 with 84 runs which still leads the team after his 26 games absence.  On that date, the Giants were tied with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the NL West lead.  Since then Buster has played in 24 games and has collected 32 hit with 12 being doubles and 2 HRs.  His batting average is a cool .340 and he is slugging .531.  Posey has scored 19 runs and drove in 13 runs during that time and has seen his Giants take a 7 game lead in the division.

No other player in the league has lost more and been able to keep his team afloat.  Buster is in only his second full season since he missed almost all of last year with an injury but he is playing a like a veteran, getting timely hits and just producing.  There were only 5 games he did not collect a hit but in 2 of them he did get walked and scored.

A Good Homecoming For Buster Posey

Last night Buster Posey, a native of Leesburg, came home to Georgia to play against the Atlanta Braves.  Although his career numbers were not that good at Turner Field ( 1 for 11 ), he was able to turn it around and keep his hot hitting streak alive going 3 for 5 with two doubles and five RBIs.  He lead the way for the Giants producing more than half of their 9 runs ending the Braves seven game win streak.

Posey started off the night for the Giants hitting a RBI double to left field in the top of the First and in the Third inning, he hit a single to left field scoring another runner.  The big at-bat came in the fourth with the bases loaded, he hit a double to deep left center clearing the bases.  

In his past five games he is batting 9 for 17, a .529 avg with nine RBIs and four extra base hits.  With every hit he gets he is scoring a base runner.  The Giants are doing a great job of getting on base and then producing hits with runners in scoring position.  That is why they are now three games ahead of the Dodgers in the NL West.  

Buster Posey Voted To All-Star Game

Buster Posey was voted to his first ever All-Star game on Sunday.  The former Seminole received the most votes ever by a National League player with 7.6 million.  He will be the starting catcher beating out St. Louis Cardinal's catcher Yadier Molina.  Here is what Buster Posey said about making the All-Star team.

"This is a little overwhelming," Posey said. "It's kind of hard to wrap my head around right now. It's going to be a blast. ... Since I can remember, I watched the All-Star Game and the Home Run Derby. It's surreal I get to play in one and watch the derby."

Posey has had a good year for the San Francisco Giants.   During his 71 games played he is batting .303 average with 42 RBIs and 32 runs scored.
The Giants will be on the road to finish the first half of the season starting with a three game series against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday then a three game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday.
The 2012 MLB All-Star game will be played on July 10th in Kansas City.

Posey and Giants Going For Sweep

Buster Posey and The Giants are on a three game win streak after beating the struggling Chicago Cubs on Sunday 2 to 0.  The Cubs have lost 15 of their last 18 games.  Posey was 1-3 with a double and two strikeouts.  He came up to bat in the bottom of the seventh and hit a double to deep left center, off of Cubs starter Travis Wood.  The Giants failed to score Posey from second.  Although they were able to tack on an extra run in the bottom of the eighth.

San Francisco looks to go for the four game sweep on Monday at 3:45 ET.

In the series Posey is 3 for 10 with two RBIs.

Rough Times For Posey and Giants

The Giants as a whole need to do a better job of producing in key moments.  In Wednesdays rubber match against the Dodgers they were 3-11 as a team with runners in scoring position.  Buster Posey was 1-4 with an RBI (1-5 in the game).  Chad Billingsley, the Dodgers pitcher, walked 4 and gave up 7 while only allowing 2 earned runs.

The 3rd inning was the best chance for them to score big.  Buster Posey came up to bat and hit a single into left center field which scored Melky Cabrera, who had tripled to deep center with one out on the previous at-bat. Then with runners on first and second and two outs the Giants get a single to center, that should plate one run but a base running error by Nate Schierholtz caused him to get thrown out before the leading runner could score.

The rest of the game Posey went 0-3 with 3 strikeouts in the 6-2 loss.  The team will have an off day today, then will start a series on Friday at the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Buster Posey Bounces Back

  Former Seminole Buster Posey has been in a slump over the past 5 games with the San Francisco Giants. He is batting 3 for 16 (.188avg).
  Making a rare appearance at first base, Posey broke out to go 2 for 4 with an RBI and a run.  Posey came up to bat in the sixth with the game tied 1-1 and a runner on third when he hit a single with the infield drawn in that made it through to the outfield.
  Brett Pill came up to bat and hit a double to score Posey from first.  The Giants were able to hold on to the lead and finish with a 5-2 win and ending their 4-game skid.  The final game will be at 4:05 ET as the Giants try to take the series.