Peavy expects Posey to succeed in ‘big way’ with new Giants role originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Jake Peavy won a World Series title with Buster Posey as his Giants teammate in 2014, so he can certainly talk about that. that of his former teammate ability to lead.
Posey now enters a new phase of his legendary baseball career as president of baseball operations for the Giants – and Peavy thinks the three-time champ is perfect for the job.
“I love it,” Peavy, now an MLB Network analyst, said Thursday of Posey’s new role. “He has an incredible relationship with Brian Sabean, who I would say is the best (general manager) we’ve ever had. He has that kind of experience. He worked under a Hall of Fame manager. fame, Bruce Bochy, and he understands so much about the game.
“You also have to understand that this guy ended his playing career with Farhan Zaidi, with Gabe Kapler, and understands to the ‘umpteenth’ degree the analytical world we live in today.”
“Buster is much further in the weeds than any other player. He has a great chance of succeeding. In fact, I expect him to succeed in a big way.”
– @JakePeavy_22 about his former teammate Buster Posey becoming president of baseball operations for the Giants. pic.twitter.com/kRUJLOfkxd
– MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) November 8, 2024
Peavy predicted that Posey would combine the worlds of analytics-based and old-school baseball, with a preference for the latter. And with his experience with both approaches, Peavy believes Posey is better suited to lead an MLB organization than other former players who have done so, including Derek Jeter, who served as CEO of the Miami Marlins from September 2017 to February 2022.
“…He’s going to prioritize baseball,” Peavy continued. “In the baseball that he plays, (the Giants) won championships based on culture, based on fundamentals. They certainly weren’t the most talented team. They did almost everything right, and when that matters most, that’s what delivers in October Buster knows it, and I believe it.
“I know about the Jeter competition, but I think Buster is so much further in the weeds than any other player has ever been that he has a great chance of succeeding. In fact, I expect him to he achieves this in a big way.”
THE The Giants fired Posey’s predecessorZaidi, in September after San Francisco missed the playoffs for a third straight season. And although the Giants won a franchise-record 107 games under Zaidi in 2021, Peavy credited Posey with much of this season’s success.
“Farhan was fortunate to operate that system,” Peavy said of the former president of baseball operations’ analytical philosophy. “He won 107 games in the year Buster (retired) and (the front office) got a lot of credit for that. It fell on his face when Buster wasn’t around to run the show and really held on to what Giants baseball valued.”
Posey’s first offseason in his new role has officially begun, and the former wide receiver is hoping to return the team to its dynastic glory of the early 2010s. While it’s far too early to gauge how he’ll fare in the Giants’ top job, he It’s clear that his former teammate believes in him.
