![]() After the twins were born 8 weeks prematurely, Posey made the decision to opt out of the 2020 season over health concerns for his daughters. This one certainly has not been the case.San Francisco Giants pitcher Buster Posey and his wife, Kristen, finalized the adoption of twin baby girls this month. As baseball players weren’t so used to a schedule and being locked in and not moving at all. “We’re all trying to decipher information that’s changing rapidly. ![]() “I do think it’s very much an individual decision,’’ Posey said. There will be more gut-wrenching decisions. “I’m going to miss that the most not having that challenge of overcoming hurdles and obstacles, and being able to celebrate the good times and being able to share some of the down times.’’ And whether that goal is reached or not, by the end of it, there’s satisfaction knowing that you’re really put everything into it. “Honestly, as a baseball player, there’s such satisfaction in going out and trying to accomplish something with a group of guys that have become your friends. “Look, there’s no question, especially when the game start up, this is going to be hard for me,’’ he says. It’s just so new that we just don’t have those answers.’’ "Unfortunately, there’s not enough data right now. “Talking to different doctors, there are no solid answers whether if the babies contract the virus, will it affect them immediately? Will it affect them in the long-term? “To be honest with you, and full disclosure, I think if these babies hadn’t been born right now, and weren’t premature,’’ Posey said, “I’d probably be playing. If the adoption didn’t go through, he said he likely would have played.īut with two new babies, baseball certainly can wait until 2021. He took the last two days off to be with his family. The twin girls were born last Saturday, the same day Posey arrived in camp, and he acknowledged he wasn’t sure whether he would opt out. “I was cautiously optimistic it would actually go through having some of the previous experiences.’’ “Anybody who has tried to adopt knows it’s quite the roller coaster,’’ Posey said. This time, everything came through, and they celebrated their official adoption on Thursday. They had an adopted baby in their own arms a few years ago, only for the family to change its mind a few days later. He and his wife have been down this road before in the last few years. It may have been completely different, Posey says, if the adoption procedure went awry. ![]() “I completely understand not playing baseball does not wholly eliminate the risk of contracting the virus, but I do believe it eliminates it to a certain degree, one that makes myself and my wife feel more comfortable than we would otherwise.’’ “But after weighing it for a long time, talking to doctors, I just feel like in the current state that we are right now, and these babies being as fragile as they are for the next four months at a minimum, this ultimately was not that a difficult decision for me. “I can't sit here and tell you that I know what is the right answer to this, or what is the wrong answer to that,’’ Posey said. You don’t know Gerald Dempsey “Buster’’ Posey III. This is about family, being able to see his new daughters in the hospital for perhaps as long as four months while their lungs get stronger, and celebrating their arrival together as a family every day. Maybe he could have stayed safe from the coronavirus by taking all of the necessary precautionary measures, telling his teammates to wear masks at all times, and getting tested every single day. “From a family standpoint, making a decision to protect children, our children, it was relatively easy.’’ “From a baseball standpoint, it was a tough decision for me,’’ Posey said. Posey and his wife, Kristen, who already have 8-year-old twins, adopted two six-day old twin girls (Ada and Livvi) on Thursday, who were prematurely born at 32 weeks. His contract expires after the 2021 season, paying him $22 million with a $22 million club option or $3 million buyout in 2022. This is a man who is one year closer to possible retirement. This is a man who was scheduled to earn $7.925 million as the prorated portion of his $22 million salary. This is a Hall of Fame candidate with three World Series championships, six All-Star appearances and a National League MVP. There have been other players and coaches who have opted out of the Major League Baseball season, and there will be more, but San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey’s decision Friday will reverberate throughout the game. Watch Video: MLB testing debacle leaves players cautious heading into season
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