DALLAS — Buster Posey didn’t come to the Winter Meetings ... “is that my oldest kids will be 28 when he’s done playing. That really puts it in perspective.” While the Mets, Yankees ...

DALLAS — Buster Posey and Zack Minasian weren’t at liberty ... “My first thought is that my oldest kids will be 28 when he’s done playing,” Posey said. “That really puts it in perspective.

The Rays’ decision to take Tim Beckham over Buster Posey with the first pick of the 2008 draft will be, along with some of the good moves they’ve made, forever part of the franchise narrative.

DALLAS — Buster Posey did a lot of things at an elite level ... He was not, however, somebody who made it particularly easy for kids who might want to dress up as their favorite ballplayer ...