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SAN FRANCISCO � The San Francisco Giants hoisted the white flag on their 2018 season Saturday Chris Sabo Jersey , scheduling standout catcher Buster Posey for season-ending hip surgery with 31 games still remaining.Down 8 1/2 games in the National League wild-card race after walking off the field following a 5-3 win, the Giants nonetheless will continue to pursue their postseason dream when they complete a three-game home series against the Texas Rangers on Sunday.The decision on Posey came hours after the Giants suffered a back-breaking, 7-6 loss to the Rangers on Friday night in which Posey played the entire 10 innings, watching Texas deny San Francisco a much-needed win with a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth after a game-extending error.Article continues below ...Posey�s surgery Monday will be performed in order to repair a torn labrum and remove bone spurs from his painful right hip.The 31-year-old made himself available Saturday but saw no action in another exciting finish that saw the Giants� Mark Melancon strand the bases loaded in the ninth after the Giants had blown most of their 5-0 lead the inning before.The win was just the Giants� third in their last 10 games.�You don�t want to say you�re out of it until you�re out of it,� Posey said. �But, unfortunately, where we are, it makes sense to take care of it right now.�Posey said having the surgery basically one month before season�s end will give him an additional month in the offseason to rehab. He not only plans to be with the Giants for spring training in February but continue to be the primary catcher.Nick Hundley contributed a hit, a run and two walks to Saturday�s win as Posey�s replacement. The start was Hundley�s 46th of the season.Hundley and his teammates will go up against Rangers right-hander Yovani Gallardo (7-2, 6.06) in the series finale.The 32-year-old has made 10 previous starts against San Francisco, going 6-4 with a 3.21 ERA.Giants outfielder Andrew McCutchen, who has led off the first inning with a home run and a double in the first two games of the series, has enjoyed a big-numbers career against Gallardo http://www.redsfanproshop.com/authentic-cliff-pennington-jersey , going 19-for-55 (.345) with three doubles, two triples and four homers.San Francisco will hand the ball to left-hander Derek Holland (6-8, 3.75), who has made 158 of his 208 career starts for the Rangers.Since leaving Texas after eight seasons for the Chicago White Sox in free agency in 2017, the 31-year-old has faced his former employer twice and gotten bombed both times, running up a 13.50 ERA while going 0-2.Old pal Rougned Odor has been especially rough on Holland, delivering a single and a three-run homer in four at-bats.Odor has homered twice in the series, both times in critical situations. It was his game-tying homer in the ninth inning that extended the series opener and led to a 7-6 win in 10 innings. Then on Saturday, he blasted a three-run shot to rally the Rangers within 5-3 in the eighth inning, setting up the tight finish. Entering the 2018-19 MLB offseason, the notion of Manny Machado signing a one-year contract was virtually unthinkable.No, check that...it was straight up absurd.Now, with pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training in a week, it's time for Machado to afford the idea some serious thought.Machado's name has churned through the rumor mill all winter. (Duh.) He's a generational talent in the midst of his prime at age 26. Along with Bryce Harper Anthony DeSclafani Jersey , he was the crown jewel of this vaunted free-agent class.Yet, along with Harper, he's flapping unsigned in the breeze. As of this writing, there aren't any credible reports that he's evenclose to inking a deal.Nearly everyone assumed a $200 million payday was inevitable for Machado, and it was possible he'd vault past $300 million. Yet, so far the reported high-water mark was a $175 million offer from the Chicago White Sox, perESPN'sBuster OlneyandUSA Today'sBob Nightengale.Machado's agent hit back against Olney's and Nightengale's reports and called them "completely wrong" in a statement, via Yahoo Sports'Tim Brown. But if there was a bigger offer from the ChiSox, it hasn't been noted publicly.Ezra Shaw/Getty ImagesThe Philadelphia Phillies have been extensively linked to Machado, but they're also pursuing Harper and don't plan to sign both superstars, per Matt Gelb of The Athletic.The New York Yankees looked like a logical landing sport, but they appear set in the infield after signing veterans Troy Tulowitzki and DJ LeMahieu.Other than that, there aren't many franchises with the need and financial flexibility to hand Machado a long-term megadeal.Which brings us back to the idea of a one-year pact. The money would need to be supersized silly鈥攚ell past the $23 million the Atlanta Braves gave Josh Donaldson.Donaldson is 33 years old and coming off a pair of injury-marred seasons. Machado is at the height of his powers and had a typically stellar stat line in 2018 with 37 home runs and a .905 OPS between the Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers while proving he can capably play shortstop as well as third base.Granted, he stumbled in the postseason with the Dodgers. His hustle (or lack thereof) came under fire Adam Duvall Jersey , and he hit .182 in a five-game World Series loss to the Boston Red Sox.Obviously that's a small sample and doesn't negate Machado's lifetime body of work. But it might have left enough of a bad taste in prospective suitors' mouths to nudge his value southward.Sean M. Haffey/Getty ImagesNow, if Machado let it be known he'd consider a monster one-year deal in the $30-$35 million range, his market might suddenly expand to include teams that would love him in their lineups but are wary of a career-spanning commitment.Consider the dealthe NBA's Kevin Durant signed with the Golden State Warriors in June 2018 for one year and $30 million with a $31.5 million player option that Durant will almost certainly (read: certainly) decline, assuming he stays healthy and Golden State marches to another title.There's a template for the short-term-windfall, long-term-gain strategy.Machado could probably bring the Yankees back to the negotiating table, even with their added infield depth. The Phillies might reconsider whether they can afford both Harper and Machado. The White Sox would surely be in the mix. And other dark-horse suitors such as the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs or even the Dodgers could get involved.It would be a gamble; injuries strike and numbers can sag. But it would be Machado betting on himself in a sluggish market with a chance to have a great (even by his standards) 2019 campaign and cash in next winter.In fact, shorter massive-dollar deals could become the new norm in MLB. Owners understand that they control players through what are often their best years via the arbitration system and are no longer willing to cough up payroll-depleting dinero for guys deep into their 30s.The players can groan all they want, but that's the reality at least until the current collective bargaining agreement expires in Dec. 2021.Machado could "settle" for a contract in the range of what the White Sox supposedly offered. It would be life-changing cash for the rest of us.Or he could roll the dice, get a higher annual value in 2019, and hope he performs well enough and the free-agent winds shift enough next winter to get the $200-plus million he was likely bargaining for.A few months ago, it was unthinkable. Now, it might be inevitable. Statistics courtesy of Baseball Reference;contract information courtesy of Spotrac.