Giants bullpen – Buster Posey defended the Giants’ bullpen decisions after San Francisco fell 6-3 to the Arizona Diamondbacks, dropping to 20-30 and hovering near the bottom of the NL West. In a wide-ranging response to critics, Posey addressed the Edwin Díaz signing and expla
For the San Francisco Giants, the problems aren’t hiding anymore. On Wednesday, they dropped to 20-30 on the season and moved close to dead last in the NL West after a 6-3 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The defeat wasn’t the only headline. The season has dragged far beyond one bad week, with the Giants’ offense flagged as their most pressing concern—dead last in MLB in runs scored. And beneath that, the bullpen has become another glaring weak point, especially late in games.
A few weeks ago, the Giants abandoned their Ryan Walker at closer plan. Since then, the late-inning options have struggled to provide the lift the roster was supposed to deliver. In the middle of mounting criticism. Buster Posey—beloved by Giants fans for his playing career and now serving as the team’s president of baseball operations—responded with a sharp. personal message.
The discussion turned to Edwin Díaz. Critics, in Posey’s telling, expected the Giants to pursue Díaz and build around him. But Posey said that line of questioning ignores the reality of where the decision landed.
“You probably wanted us to sign Edwin Diaz. but then you’d probably be asking me why I signed Edwin Diaz and he’s on the IL. Look, every decision that you make, we can play armchair quarterback on it and say it was good or bad. We got some guys on the bullpen that are doing really good stuff. ” Posey said during a call with KNBR’s Brian Murphy.
Posey didn’t just dismiss the criticism—he defended the trade-off he says the organization faced. He pointed to the cost-benefit decision that sits at the center of front-office planning, even when outcomes shift.
“I don’t regret it. It’s my job to sit here and say, ‘Do we think the cost benefit of signing [a free agent closer] is worth it?’ And we didn’t see it.”
Murphy then asked Posey directly whether he regrets not going into the season with a more defined bullpen plan than the Ryan Walker closer setup. Posey’s answer was the same theme, delivered without flinching.
“I don’t regret it. It’s my job to sit here and say, ‘Do we think the cost benefit of signing [a free agent closer] is worth it?’ And we didn’t see it.”
The point, for Posey, wasn’t that the bullpen concerns aren’t real—they are. It’s that second-guessing after the fact is easy, and that front-office decisions can look different once injuries and performance come into view.
Still, the roster’s struggles don’t stop at one relief unit. The offense’s ranking—dead last in MLB in runs scored—means the Giants have been fighting uphill even before late innings arrive. Posey’s defenders might lean on the idea that baseball is a sport of timing and trade-offs. But for fans watching games pile up. the reality is harder: repeated weaknesses are starting to feel like a roster-wide issue. not a single fix.
With the Giants at 20-30 after the 6-3 loss to the Diamondbacks, and the season drifting toward the bottom of the NL West, Posey’s message lands like a challenge as much as a reply—one that insists the decisions were made with a logic in mind, even as results keep leaving the team short on answers.
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