Buster Posey shares honest reflection on criticism faced as Giants executive

It has been a tough season for the Giants. For the players on the field and the executives in the front office.

And that includes president of baseball operations Buster Posey.

The player-turned-executive joined the San Francisco Standard's Tim Kawakami on the latest episode of "The TK Show," where he was asked if it has been difficult to receive criticism in his new role as the team has struggled mightily throughout the 2026 MLB season.

"I knew coming into it that there's a possibility of if it didn't go well I was definitely opening myself up to that, and I was okay with that," Posey told Kawakami. "I think I'm smart enough to know that was a possibility and if I wasn't willing to expose myself to that, I guess I wouldn't have done it. It is part of it.

"Has it been tough? I mean, I don't think there's many humans out there that want to be criticized, but again, you understand it's part of it, it's the business of production and I'm pretty good about not reading comments. Pretty good, not perfect. I do read some. But for the most part, I try to keep that part of my mental health away from comments that others are putting out there."

While Posey himself has not been affected much by the criticism, his two oldest children, twins Lee and Addison, both now 15 years old, have seen criticism of their father online, which has led to important conversations.

"It's a challenge with teenage kids, because they will go and read comments and they get upset about it," Posey explained. "But that's also led to good conversations with them that I think will serve them well as they continue to get older."

A disappointing 2025 season in which San Francisco finished with a mediocre 81-81 record, Posey's first in this role, was followed by an offseason where the Giants did not make many significant moves, which resulted in many fans having concerns about the roster heading into the 2026 campaign.

The team's terrible performance out of the gate and throughout the summer, paired with some non-baseball controversies that Posey found himself in the middle of, led to intensified criticism from a portion of the fanbase.

With nine games remaining in the season, a very difficult campaign, both for the team's players and Posey, is mercifully coming to an end.

And then Posey and his front office will get to work on strengthening the roster this winter for a potential bounce-back 2027 season.

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