SAN FRANCISCO _ Giants catcher Buster Posey was selected to his sixth All-Star Game, but he won't be traveling to Washington, D.C.
Instead, Posey will stay at home and receive a cortisone shot in his right hip after Sunday's game to heal a nagging injury that he's dealt with for much of the season.
Posey was voted onto the National League All-Star team as a reserve by fellow players, but he'll skip the festivities and attempt to get healthy in time for the start of the second half of the season.
Manager Bruce Bochy said the Giants have discussed the possibility of Posey receiving a cortisone injection for the last month and were hoping he would be healthy enough to play regularly through the first half before he needed more time off.
"It's flared up on him and he missed some time because of it not too long ago and our hope is to make it through this week and then we can give him this injection," Bochy said. "Hopefully four days off will get this thing cleared up."
Posey missed two games against the Chicago Cubs at the end of May due to hip soreness and rarely caught three games in a row during the month of June.
"All of you can tell that it's been bothering him," Bochy said. "He's been a warrior through this and he had missed some time earlier."
Bochy said he believes Posey's power has been zapped by the hip inflammation, which helps explain why he has five home runs and his lowest slugging percentage (.412) since 2011.
"This game is hard enough as I always say when you're healthy and it's the right hip, too," Bochy said. "When you can't quite get it to fire like you normally do, sure it's going to effect your hitting and your throwing, all facets of the game."
Posey's replacement for the All-Star game has not been announced.
