Buster Posey’s influence is evident in SF Giants’ roster continuity

SAN FRANCISCO — When David Villar was called into the Triple-A manager’s office over the weekend, he had no reason to believe the message Dave Brundage was about to deliver.

“My initial reaction was hey, maybe I’m getting moved, or maybe something else is happening, or it’s just a check-in,” Villar said Tuesday, after the River Cats skipper told him to get to Anaheim to replace Casey Schmitt on the Giants’ roster. “I was kind of like, ‘You got the right guy?'”

Not only had Villar been designated for assignment weeks earlier...