Joe Panik was tendered a one year contract to remain with the San Francisco Giants and was immediately subject to trade rumors, which is pretty rude. In addition to potentially being shipped off, there was a lot of speculation that Joe Panik will be forced into a platoon role entering the 2019 season.
Many critics have pointed to his .191/.244/.245 slash line against LHP in 2018 as a justification for suggesting a platoon, but how quickly people seem to forget that Panik hit 2 of his 4 home runs last season of lefties. That’s like, half! Plus, Joe Panik hit .