How might Cameron Maybin fit into Giants' platoon plans?

SAN FRANCISCO — On the surface, it was a perfect fit.

Farhan Zaidi has been open about the fact that he might try to find a platoon partner for Steven Duggar this year, so when he signed Cameron Maybin to a minor league deal a few days into spring training, it seemed like that duo was set. Duggar hits left-handed. Maybin hits right-handed. They could form a defense-first duo up the middle.

But Maybin isn’t actually all that seamless a fit if that’s what the Giants are really planning. His OPS is 42 points higher when he faces right-handed pitching, and last year he had a .252/.321/.325 slash line against lefties. Duggar has extremely small samples, but he slashed .333/.370/.476 against…