In some ways, San Francisco Giants’ outfielder Hunter Pence is still the same guy he was when the team acquired him in 2012. He’s still the guy who will give 110 percent every time he steps on the field. He’s still the guy who will run out every single groundball like his life depends on it, or run through a wall as he tries to catch any ball that comes his way.
Entering 2018, however, the wild-eyed Pence just doesn’t have the same 110 percent that he did just a few years ago. Age (35 years old next April) and a laundry list of injuries in recent years have left him just a shadow of the player that was a force for the team in 2013 and 2014.