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.
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Thursday, September 13, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012
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.
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.
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