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•Buster Posey once called me Debbie Downer, so I might as well be the one to break the bad news.
Posey is doomed to become a full-time half-catcher, starting next season. He’s too good of a catcher to be moved completely from behind the plate, but too good of a hitter to risk catching every game.
He’ll have to be a hybrid, playing 75 games at catcher, 75 at first base (or third), taking two games off every month.
It’s not that Buster is a wimp. The position has become more demanding and dangerous.