San Francisco Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford is a notoriously slow starter.
He has a career .232 batting average with a .683 OPS in the months of March and April throughout his career. In addition, Crawford also just had statistically one of the worst stretches of his career this April. He was certainly ready to turn the page to May.
Meanwhile, second baseman Joe Panik is off to slow start of his own, batting .208 with a .584 OPS on the year.
Both middle infielders have contributed to the team’s offensive struggles.
With Crawford, the assumption is that he will start to heat up as the weather becomes warmer.