[Mick]

He has young kids. Perhaps in a decade.

I'm a bit unhappy about Dickerson over Estrada. Dick has done nothing special for two months.

Agree completely.  Estrada brings some speed and defense. And, despite a small sample size, he has reverse splits.  Hit much better off Right handers. Only reason to keep Dickerson is for a left handed PH.  But Estrada brings way more to the table.  And as he’s hit righties well, that lessens the need for Dickerson.

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Baggerly has a great article on Buster in The Athletic.

“It resulted in the 13th shutout in a postseason game that Posey started behind the plate, the most in major-league history. Yadier Molina is next with eight. Yogi Berra caught seven. If that weren’t impressive enough, consider that Posey has caught just 55 postseason games compared with 102 for Molina and 75 for Berra (sorry, Charlie).

Put another way, the Giants have thrown a shutout in 23.6 percent of postseason games Posey has started.”

Statistically speaking, Posey is the best catcher in Giants history with 33.5 WAR, clearly outdistancing the other nine; HoF Buck Ewing (33.2), HoF Roger Bresnahan (27.2), Chief Meyers (21.4), Tom Haller (19.0), Harry Danning (15.5), Bob Brenly (12.1), Wes Westrum (12.1), Shanty Hogan (11.7), Dick Dietz (11.6).  The last six were All Stars, Meyers was pre-All Star game but finished in Top 10 for MVP voting three straight years, and Bresnahan and Ewing are HoFers.  As should Posey be.

[Mick]

He has young kids. Perhaps in a decade.

I'm a bit unhappy about Dickerson over Estrada. Dick has done nothing special for two months.

Agree completely.  Estrada brings some speed and defense. And, despite a small sample size, he has reverse splits.  Hit much better off Right handers. Only reason to keep Dickerson is for a left handed PH.  But Estrada brings way more to the table.  And as he’s hit righties well, that lessens the need for Dickerson.

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Baggerly has a great article on Buster in The Athletic.

“It resulted in the 13th shutout in a postseason game that Posey started behind the plate, the most in major-league history. Yadier Molina is next with eight. Yogi Berra caught seven. If that weren’t impressive enough, consider that Posey has caught just 55 postseason games compared with 102 for Molina and 75 for Berra (sorry, Charlie).

Put another way, the Giants have thrown a shutout in 23.6 percent of postseason games Posey has started.”

Statistically speaking, Posey is the best catcher in Giants history with 33.5 WAR, clearly outdistancing the other nine; HoF Buck Ewing (33.2), HoF Roger Bresnahan (27.2), Chief Meyers (21.4), Tom Haller (19.0), Harry Danning (15.5), Bob Brenly (12.1), Wes Westrum (12.1), Shanty Hogan (11.7), Dick Dietz (11.6).  The last six were All Stars, Meyers was pre-All Star game but finished in Top 10 for MVP voting three straight years, and Bresnahan and Ewing are HoFers.  As should Posey be.