LOS ANGELES — It’s never easy to for a baseball player to serve as a backup to one of the most popular players in franchise history.
It’s even more difficult when the job requires you to replace one of the most popular players in a team’s clubhouse.
Lifelong Giants fan Stephen Vogt is thriving anyway.
As the backup to catcher Buster Posey and the man filling a vacancy left by 2017 Willie Mac Award winner Nick Hundley, Vogt has one of the most challenging roles on the San Francisco Giants.
When he plays, Vogt must produce at the plate like Posey to satisfy the Giants fan base and inspire confidence in pitchers like Hundley did to please a veteran pitching staff.