by
Greek Giant

The awards just keep coming for the Giants. Yesterday Major League Baseball announced the 2021 All-MLB team, a kind of extension of the awards season that steals from College athletics. Our very own Buster Posey and Kevin Gausman were named to the second team. Congratulations boys.

Here is the complete list:

FIRST TEAM

C: Salvador Perez, Royals
1B: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays
2B: Marcus Semien, Blue Jays*
SS: Fernando Tatis Jr., Padres
3B: Austin Riley, Braves
OF: Juan Soto, Nationals
OF: Bryce Harper, Phillies
OF: Aaron Judge, Yankees
DH: Shohei Ohtani, Angels
SP: Max Scherzer, Dodgers*
SP: Corbin Burnes, Brewers
SP: Walker Buehler, Dodgers
SP: Robbie Ray, Blue Jays*
SP: Gerrit Cole, Yankees
RP: Josh Hader, Brewers
RP: Liam Hendriks, White Sox


SECOND TEAM:

C: Buster Posey, Giants
1B: Freddie Freeman, Braves*
2B: Ozzie Albies, Braves
SS: Trea Turner, Dodgers
3B: Rafael Devers, Red Sox
OF: Nick Castellanos, Reds*
OF: Kyle Tucker, Astros
OF: Teoscar Hernández, Blue Jays
DH: Yordan Alvarez, Astros
SP: Shohei Ohtani, Angels
SP: Julio Urías, Dodgers
SP: Kevin Gausman, Giants*
SP: Max Fried, Braves
SP: Zack Wheeler, Phillies
RP: Raisel Iglesias, Angels*
RP: Kenley Jansen, Dodgers*

*denotes current free agent

BCraw is missing from this list.

Buster Wins NL Comeback Player of the Year

Recently MLB announced Trey Mancini (American League) and Buster Posey (National League) as the 2021 MLB Comeback Players of the Year. Congratulations to both.

Editor’s Note: Yesterday I incorrectly attributed an article to Andrew Baggarly. It was written by Melissa Lockard. It has been corrected. My thanks to Dr. Lefty for pointing out the error.