LAS VEGAS — Buster Posey did not spend any time on the casino floor this week, but as the Giants prepared to wrap up their business at the GM Meetings in Las Vegas, he pushed some chips into the center of a table. “If I were a betting man, I’d bet Willy (Adames) has a pretty good bounce-back year,” Posey said Wednesday. “I just think he’s motivated. I think he’s motivated and I think he was pretty frustrated with the way the year went, not only for the team but for himself personally, I think he’s motivated.”
It’s not hard to find the sources of that motivation after a tough second season in orange and black.
Adames posted a career-low OPS last season and his 121 appearances were his fewest in a 162-game season since he became a full-time starter in the big leagues. After being worth 4.1 fWAR in the first year of a long-term deal, he was at just 0.4 last year and ranked as one of the worst defenders in the big leagues.
Then there are the vibes, and with Adames, that’s always part of the equation, usually in a positive way. He became a team leader the second he walked...