BUSTER POSEY NEWS

Cueto will not opt out of his contract with the Giants for the 2018 season, so Johnny Beisbol is a Gman for at least one more season!

Changes are starting to happen, first with the coaching staff. Here’s what we know so far: Hensley Meulens will move from hitting coach to bench coach, bumping Ron Wotus from bench coach to third base coach. Matt Herges was named the new bullpen coach. Phil Nevin, the previous third base coach, was let go. Alonzo Powell of the World Champion Astros was hired as hitting coach, and Curt Young, formerly of the A’s, was hired as pitching coach. Last week, the team reassigned Dave Righetti, Mark Gardner and Steve Decker. Raggs is now going to serve as a special assistant...

Just think, when Astros veteran catcher Brian McCann was a rookie with the Braves (Buster’s home team), Buster was just a junior at Lee County High School in Leesburg, GA. He’s been a good, solid player from the beginning. He’s played with the Braves (McCann is also from GA so imagine his excitement at having his home team draft him!), the Yankees, and now the Astros. Like BP, he’s known to be a catcher who can hit. He’s won the Silver Slugger Award 6 times, and been an All-Star 7 times. He hit his first home run in just his...