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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Buster Posey will undergo hip surgery Monday in Colorado Max Kepler Jersey , ending what has been a painful and frustrating year for the six-time All-Star.Posey revealed the decision to have the season-ending surgery following Friday night’s loss to the Texas Rangers. Manager Bruce Bochy confirmed it prior to Saturday’s game.“It’s something that needs to be taken care of,” Bochy said. “It’s the wear and tear of playing the game that’s caught up with him a little bit. When we get this thing rehabbed and I know Buster’s going to be happy to have this behind him.”Posey is expected to fly to Vail, Colorado on Sunday and will have surgery the following day. Orthopaedic surgeon Marc J. Philippon will perform the operation.Posey has been playing in pain for much of the season and it showed both in his numbers at the plate and in how he ran the bases. The 31-year-old went into Saturday hitting .284 but had only 41 RBIs and five home runs – his fewest since 2011, the year before Posey won the NL MVP award.The injury was even more noticeable in Posey’s defense. A Gold Glove winner in 2016, he has thrown out only 17 of 59 base stealers this season – a career-low 29 percent.Posey is expected to be out 6-to-8 months.“We all know how important Buster is to our club, behind the plate, in the lineup, but unfortunately you have to deal with this http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-zach-duke-jersey ,” Bochy said. “I think we’re doing the right thing by getting this taken care of so we can have him ready for next year.“Really it came to a point, whether you think you’re in it or not, we have to get him right and get him healthy. I know he’s looking forward to getting this behind him. We expect him to be full go next year.”No roster move was made and Bochy said Posey was available to come off the bench in Saturday’s game.Nick Hundley, Posey’s backup, started Saturday and will get the majority of playing time the remainder of the season.The Giants also announced the right-hander Jeff Samardzija will seek a second opinion on his troublesome pitching shoulder. Samardzija has been on the DL since July 15.____ Adam Glanzman/Getty ImagesWashington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper put on a show for the hometown crowd Monday as he won the MLB Home Run Derby thanks to 45 home runs over the course of three rounds.Now the main event will occur Tuesday with the All-Star Game. Boston Red Sox ace Chris Sale will get the nod for the American League, while Nats pitcher Max Scherzer will do the same for the National League. Start Time, TV Schedule and Live StreamThe MLB All-Star Game will take place Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET. Fox will televise the contest, and fans can live-stream the action via Fox Sports Go. Pregame coverage begins at 7:30 on Fox. Predictions1. Chris Sale Dominates in 2 Innings of WorkEvery so often Michael Pineda Jersey , it's fun to just look at a baseball player's stats in amazement, like Babe Ruth's numbers during the dead-ball era of the 1920s.One can get that same feeling based off what Sale is doing right now. He finished the first half of the season by striking out 59 batters in 34.0 innings over the course of five games. Not once did he strike out fewer than 11 batters in any of those contests, and his ERA during that span was a microscopic 0.79. Per FanGraphs, Sale has struck out 37.2 percent of batters faced, in addition to inducing a swinging strike rate of 16.0 percent.The most bewildering stat is that the Red Sox are 12-8 in games Sale has started this year, but the former Chicago White Sox ace has done all he can to prove himself as the AL's best pitcher.Sale won't have an easy task ahead of him Tuesday. He'll be facing a few excellent hitters at the top of the lineup, most notably Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado, Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman and Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt.However Fernando Rodney Jersey , Sale's stuff has been so phenomenal of late that he's been unhittable, and the guess here is that the NL's best won't fare well. 2. American League Leads from Start to FinishOn one end, the AL's starting lineup can make the case for being one of the best this century. It has an absurd amount of power and hitting talent, so much so that New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is hitting sixth.The problem for the AL is thatScherzer is on the mound, and he's the only pitcher this year who can claim to be in the same stratosphere as the aforementioned Sale. He has a 34.5 percent strikeout rate in addition to a 2.41 ERA.Unlike Sale, however, Scherzer isn't coming into this game in top form, as he's allowed 10 earned runs in his last 20 innings over the course of three starts. Two of those appearances were against weaker-hitting teams in the Miami Marlins and New York Mets.That being said http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-addison-reed-jersey , look for a batter or two to break through against him in the early going. The guess here is Boston Red Sox designated hitter J.D. Martinez, who has two homers off Scherzer in seven plate appearances, comes through with an RBI hit.In the later innings, the AL's depth may shine through. In other years, Seattle Mariners designated hitter Nelson Cruz and Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman would be starting, but the talent on the roster is too deep. Look for those two to come up with big hits in the latter stages of the game after the NL's top two aces (Scherzer and the New York Mets' Jacob deGrom) take a seat. 3. American League 6, National League 2Per Joe Osborne of OddsShark, the average run total for an MLB All-Star Game is 8.2. Of course http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-joe-mauer-jersey , we've seen a fair share of blowouts and low-scoring nail-biters over the years, but that number seems about right this season. The AL is also a -130 favorite (a $130 bet would return $100) at this time.Ultimately, the AL's power bats and strikeout artists will be too much for the NL. Look for the Junior Circuit to take the overall series lead (the two sides are both 43-43-2) after a Tuesday victory.