Buster Posey was once a critical piece for the San Francisco Giants on the field and now the retired catcher is making his presence felt in a much different way.
The Athletic's Andrew Baggarly reported Sunday that the franchise's executive board "became so frustrated by the lack of immediate progress" on extension negotiations with third baseman Matt Chapman that Posey intervened.
"Sources said Posey personally dealt with Chapman to hammer out the basic structure of the contract, which includes a full no-trade provision — one of the sticking points that [president of baseball operations Farhan] Zaidi had not included in the team's initial proposal," Baggarly wrote.