(That pride was expressed in a video that Melvin requested from the club’s in-house production team: a montage of stirring highlights from Willie Mays to Willie McCovey to Barry Bonds to Posey to Tim Lincecum to the current group including Logan Webb and Matt Chapman.)

San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin had a checklist he planned to hit in his annual speech to the full squad on spring training report day. He found himself checking off many of those points while president of baseball operations Buster Posey addressed the team first.

Buster Posey leads the San Francisco Giants, boosting their pitching even as free agency challenges loom. Matt Lutovsky joins to preview their upcoming season.