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The San Francisco Giants believe catcher Joey Bart, the second overall pick in the 2018 draft, needs more development, a clear sign they’re leaning against including him on the Opening Night roster.

Ten days from Tuesday, the Yankees open a 60-game season that doesn’t have a blueprint for anybody to follow. However, the Yankees could be without several key players when they face Nationals ace Max Scherzer next Thursday evening in Washington. The headliner among the possible absentees is Aaron Judge. When spring training 2.0 started earlier...

In this Buster Posey-less 2020 season, any positive development on the catching front is promising, and Chadwick Tromp has been so impressive that San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler lumped him in with TylerHeineman and Rob Brantly when discussing options for the final roster.

San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey and his wife adopted newborn twins — that’s the big story, not that Posey will sit out the 2020 season.

Kyle Haines, the San Francisco Giants’ farm director, discussed in The Chronicle’s Giants Splash podcast the organization’s catching depth, which grew in last month’s draft with the selection of top pick Patrick Bailey and also in the undrafted free-agent signings with the addition of Alabama’s Brett Auerbach and USF’s Rob Emery.