The San Francisco Giants have won three of the past five World Series. With a run like that, it usually means you’ve kept the same productive core of players together. While for the most part that is indeed the case with the Giants dynasty, they have played with a different 2nd baseman in each of those World Series.
Not since the days of Ray Durham, who held the position down from 2003 to 2008, have the Giants had a steady 2nd baseman in their lineup year after year. Joe Panik is hoping to change all that, and is proving game after game that he’s in the Bay Area to stay.