It was only two days ago that I said this about the potential injury risk to Posey.
http://slavieboy.blogspot.com/2015/06/former-giants-prospect-giving-up.html
You can call me a "worry-wart" all you want, I worry about the Giants facing this with Posey some day and with Susac's development, I'm not sure why you continue taking the risk too much longer....and now this.....
from mercurynews.com
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/2015/07/01/casilla-serves-up-walk-off-home-run-giants-thoughts-turn-to-posey-after-sudden-defeat-in-miami/
Instead, Heston took no decision. The Gians fell to 37-2 when leading after eight innings. And the immediate concern was Posey, who made a lengthy mound visit after Marcell Ozuna fouled back a curveball in the second inning. The team did not acknowledge whether Posey had concussion symptoms, but they are all too familiar with them. It was here in Miami, in a stadium 25 miles north of Marlins Park, where Mike Matheny played his last major league game after taking an innocent-looking foul off the mask.
I heard a podcast with former player Brian Johnson talking about this very issue (wish I could find the link) and he said the Giants feel that Posey's value as a catcher is worth the risk and how Joe Mauer's numbers as a 1B diminished and made him somehow less valuable to the Twins than if he had remained a C.
Remember Matheny. Sometimes the number go to zero. If you lose Posey's 20-90-.300 slash line from your lineup entirely because you're trying to protect the incremental advantage of him being a premium bat at the catcher position versus a "dime a dozen" bat from a productivity standpoint plus whatever his pitch calling and framing gives you, then you are taking a serious gamble with the future of the franchise.
The Giants have dodged some bullets in the past and some have found their mark (remember why the Posey Rule was implemented). I'm just saying if Susac is a valid alternative, this debate can be re-visited on an annual basis as far as I'm concerned.
from grantland.com
http://grantland.com/features/mlb-catcher-concussions-home-plate-collisions-rule/
In September 2011, Tigers catcher Alex Avila was hit so hard by a foul tip that his mask produced sparks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SswaGjRtB24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuaMMkiwPcU
Both on the broadcast and in the stadium, the sparks were treated like slapstick, a chance for a little light humor. An announcer chuckled; the PA played “Ring My Bell.” Now, it’s hard to watch that video without wondering whether Avila’s brain smacked against his skull when those sparks were produced.1
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