PT TODAY: Posey opt out leaves hole in SF lineup

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Giants | Buster Posey won't play in 2020
San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey on Friday, July 10, announced he has opted out of playing in the 2020 season due to health and safety concerns.  Source: ESPN - Jeff Passan
 
BHQ take: Posey’s decision leaves the Giants without an obvious starting catcher choice. Catcher-of-the-future Joey Bart gets a slight PT bump here, but there’s been no indication yet that SF will rush him up to Opening Day after just 79 Double-A AB. The two MLB primaries are Rob Brantley and Tyler Heineman, who posted a career season at Triple-A in 2019 (.990 OPS over 244 AB), and was 3-for-11...

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