[teejers1]

He was MVP and league batting champ in ‘12. After the collision.    Look at his lifetime numbers.  Hell as late as ‘17 he hit .320.

Specifics. Post ‘11
12. 336/408/549/957
13 294/371/450/821
14 311/364/490/854
15 318/379/470/849
16 288/362/434/796
17 320/400/462/861
18 284/359/352/741
19 257/320/358/688

He had surgery for hip impingement in Aug 18. Had you watched that year and paid attention you’d have noticed around May that he couldn’t turn on the ball.  All hands. Should have been shut down way earlier.  Might have come back stronger in ‘19.  Hes the face of three world championships.  Just a slapsy hitting guy since that injury in ‘11.  Vogt is in Arizona.  Hit .167 with 1 HR this year.

Vogt, Buster, Bart, and a host of others are pretty interchangeable (as is true for the majority of major leaguers).  None brings anything indispensable or uniquely important.

And to Giants, as for Buster being a leader . . . maybe.  I don't know.  Leaders typically don't "sit it out," but maybe you can find some examples to the contrary.  More generally, you sound awfully certain of something that I think only Buster (or perhaps his family members) would know for sure.  BTW, do you think Aaron Rodgers is a leader?  Brett Favre?  Joe Montana?  [I don't think any of those guys were too interested in grooming their replacements, and that's asking a lot.  But who knows, maybe baseball is just different . . . ].

P.S.  If Buster does come back, maybe he will hit a bit better than his last 1.5 seasons.  The field changes have seemed to help other older players on the Giants, so there's some hope . . .

[teejers1]

He was MVP and league batting champ in ‘12. After the collision.    Look at his lifetime numbers.  Hell as late as ‘17 he hit .320.

Specifics. Post ‘11
12. 336/408/549/957
13 294/371/450/821
14 311/364/490/854
15 318/379/470/849
16 288/362/434/796
17 320/400/462/861
18 284/359/352/741
19 257/320/358/688

He had surgery for hip impingement in Aug 18. Had you watched that year and paid attention you’d have noticed around May that he couldn’t turn on the ball.  All hands. Should have been shut down way earlier.  Might have come back stronger in ‘19.  Hes the face of three world championships.  Just a slapsy hitting guy since that injury in ‘11.  Vogt is in Arizona.  Hit .167 with 1 HR this year.

Vogt, Buster, Bart, and a host of others are pretty interchangeable (as is true for the majority of major leaguers).  None brings anything indispensable or uniquely important.

And to Giants, as for Buster being a leader . . . maybe.  I don't know.  Leaders typically don't "sit it out," but maybe you can find some examples to the contrary.  More generally, you sound awfully certain of something that I think only Buster (or perhaps his family members) would know for sure.  BTW, do you think Aaron Rodgers is a leader?  Brett Favre?  Joe Montana?  [I don't think any of those guys were too interested in grooming their replacements, and that's asking a lot.  But who knows, maybe baseball is just different . . . ].

P.S.  If Buster does come back, maybe he will hit a bit better than his last 1.5 seasons.  The field changes have seemed to help other older players on the Giants, so there's some hope . . .