Donovan Solano is not really a second baseman. He ended up logging the most time at second base in the 2021 season for the San Francisco Giants, but that was not necessarily by design.
Tommy La Stella spent a long summer on the injured list and Solano was the best option at the plate, the least liable in the field and most experienced when compared to the likes of Wilmer Flores or Mauricio Dubón or Thairo Estrada or Jason Vosler.
But he’s not a defender. Solano is a hitter.
We learned this last season in which we all caught Donnie Barrels fever and watched Solano stroke line drives into the shallow outfield green, authoring a sweet .