Giants' Buster Posey: Hip surgery scheduled for Monday

Posey will have season-ending surgery on his injured right hip on Monday, Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic Bay Area reports.

According to Baggarly, the projected recovery period for Posey's surgery is 6-to-8 months. That puts his availability for Opening Day in some doubt -- a six-month recovery would keep Posey out until late February, while eight months would sideline him through late April. The Giants have fallen out of the race, so the sooner Posey's injury gets addressed, the better.