MLB: departure of Bengie Molina gives rise to a new star
It rarely happens that a team trades away one of its senior and experienced players for a rookie. Moreover, the team will surely not trade the player if he is a starting catcher in the team. As an outcome, it rarely happens that the team comes with a better player that too, a rookie.
However the Giants team suffered a sixth consecutive loss that dropped them to 40-38 and as a result, on the night of July 1, Giants manager, Bruce Bochy informed the veteran Bengie Molina that he had been traded to the Texas Rangers. This trade resulted in Posey being behind the plates after Molina’s trade. This young and talented player has put in all the hard work and managed to come up with extravagant performances that have given the Giants a boost.
After Posey was exposed to the big stage, this young player managed to become the player of the month in July after he hit .417 with 43 hits and a .433 percentage on base. This future prospect is already a legend in the Giants as he tied the record for most hits and RBI’s for a rookie with the record of Jim Ray Hart. The young and immensely talented superstar just fell one game short of the club record for most hits after he had 21 hitting game streaks.
Posey is one of the most hard working players in the MLB and with the amount of talent he has, it sums up to him being one of the most dominating players in the league though he still is a rookie. His determination has led him to being one of the most spectacular players in the MLB and becoming the rookie of the year. Not only this; he was the first rookie in the history of the major league baseball to catch back to back shut outs and managed to throw out seven out of twenty two would be base stealers.
The young player has put in all his hard work and talent that has benefited the team in the best possible way. After the terrible start to the month of July, they were able to become one of the most stable and consistent teams now. The Giants have climbed an amazing 16 games and have been able to maintain a 22-8 run ever since the consecutive six game loss. The solid performances that the Giants have put in have enabled them to finish on the wild card spot just behind the West leading San Padres.
Posey can be regarded as one of the most impressive deals that the Giants could have pulled off as he immediately made an impact on the Giants team. Giants’ manager said that Posey, after being put into the role he is now, knocks in runs, gets on bases, and with his hard work has enabled the Giants to have one of the best offense in the league. The youngster’s team mates also said that “we knew he was good but didn’t expect him to put up performances like that of a superstar.”
This talented superstar has had a career that is full of achievements this far in which he has won the Golden Spikes Award in 2008 that made one of the most popular players in Florida and won the Minor Player of the Year in 2009. Without a doubt experts say that he should have been above the fifth spot in the draft pick that he was allotted.
In response to the sudden and huge amount of appreciation that this players is getting Posey said “I try to keep it simple, have fun during the game and then my individual skills come in and I am able to perform to the fullest.”
The youngster on the departure of Molina said that without a doubt Molina was one of the experienced players of the team but we have to move on. Being aware of the responsibilities on him now he will try his utmost to fulfil them and take the Giants to new heights.
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