After a scary moment during Monday’s game between the Giants and Diamondbacks, early indications are that Buster Posey is doing well.
In the bottom of the first inning, Posey was hit in the head by a pitch from Taijuan Walker that registered 94mph on the radar gun at AT&T Park. The Giants catcher was able to leave under his own power after a visit from manager Bruce Bochy and the trainer. Here’s video.
Buster Posey hit in head with pitch, leaves field under his own power with trainer pic.twitter.com/CVgr6l7y8y
— KNBR (@KNBR) April 10, 2017
Posey would obviously not return to the game and received further examination from the training staff. Walker was booed when he came up to bat following the incident.
Taijuan Walker booed as he comes to bat. He exchanges words with Nick Hundley. Did not appear to be any tension between them.
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) April 10, 2017
After the game, Bochy indicated for now Posey feels fine, but did add he monitored overnight and checked out again Tuesday.
Bochy said Buster Posey feels fine, will be monitored overnight. Checked again tomorrow.
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) April 10, 2017
Players who have talked to Posey said he seems fine. He's confident he's ok, but Giants will be cautious. Have seen delayed reaction before.
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) April 10, 2017
Hopefully, all of the news from here on out on Posey is of the good variety and the Giants will surely be cautious with their star given the circumstances. That said, Bochy also mentioned when he was a catcher he’s not sure the reaction after getting head in the head would’ve been the same.
Bochy on his days as catcher: "I don't know if they would have checked on me if I would have gotten hit in the head."
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) April 10, 2017
