One of the best stories of the season has been the reemergence of Buster Posey as a dominant offensive player for the first-place San Francisco Giants. Posey opted out the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and after playing through a hip injury in 2018 before finally undergoing surgery that August, he hadn't been a force at the plate since 2017. Given his age (34), lack of power in 2018 and 2019 (12 home runs) and all those games behind the plate (nearly 1,000 entering 2021), his time as an elite player appeared over.
Still-too-early 2021 MLB All-Stars: AL and NL roster predictions
