I was so sure we were going to see Alen Hanson in this series, but instead, Eric Sogard and Richard Ureña will handle middle infield duties.
Ureña is basically the 23-year old “with ceiling” version of Alen Hanson. He’s a switch-hitter who can play second, third, and short, and has a little bit of pop (37 home runs in 586 minor league games; Hanson has 57 in 740). A key difference is that Ureña has been much worse in terms of plate discipline (4:1 strikeouts to walk ratio in the minors; Hanson was closer to 2:1) which is shocking because Hanson has been remarkably bad in that department since being rostered by the Giants (84 strikeouts to 10 walks).