SAN FRANCISCO — In recent weeks and months, Buster Posey began to ponder the possibility of taking on something he insisted he’d never do in joining the baseball operations department for the Giants. “It’s Buster Posey, he’s the Giants, that’s a big deal,” Melvin said. I think it’s a very good thing for the Giants moving forward.” Posey “has a …
LOS ANGELES — New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez has a torn ligament in his left thumb and will need surgery, manager Carlos Mendoza said Saturday after a 6-4 win against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Alvarez was placed on the 10-day injured list before the game with a sprained left thumb sustained while running the bases the night before in …
Bothers Trent, left, and Jared Grindlinger have made a big impact for Huntington Beach this season. If there’s one constant about why Southern California keeps producing exceptional high school baseball players, it’s the family tradition of brother following brother and cousin following cousin with each pushing the other toward success. At the midway point of the high school season, the …
Angels catcher Logan O’Hoppe, left, is congratulated by teammate Shohei Ohtani after hitting a thee-run home run during the fourth inning of a 6-0 win over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday. “It’s the hardest thing I’ve had to do in my career, the transition to the major leagues.” Into this fray stepped Logan O’Hoppe, the strapping 23-year-old rookie who became …
Catchers Logan O’Hoppe and Matt Thaiss and infielder Jake Lamb — who was scratched from Monday’s Freeway Series game with glute tightness — were added to the Angels’ opening day roster. Infielder Jared Walsh and catcher Max Stassi will start the season on the injured list. “I think us as a team and as a support group need to be …
