Left side of SF Giants infield could be the best in all of baseball

In the past six months, the SF Giants have signed third baseman Matt Chapman and shortstop Willy Adames to long-term deals which has given the team a great deal of stability and also could give them the best left side of the infield in all of baseball.

There are several key positions on the diamond that make everyone breathe a bit easier when a team has someone they can trust there. The hot corner at third base is one of those positions and so is shortstop.

Last season the Giants had Chapman out at third for 154 games and Adames was out at shortstop for 161 games for the Milwaukee Brewers. That kind of stability and reliability is so huge in giving a team those consistent contributors out there who are helping the team on a daily basis.

SF Giants have a rock-solid left side of their infield

Neither is going to hit for a .300 batting average this season, but they both have reliable power. Chapman has hit exactly 27 home runs in three of the past four seasons and in the other season he hit 17 homers largely due to a wrist injury that affected his hitting. If he can stay healthy it is safe to assume he will provide the team with somewhere in the neighborhood of 25 big ones.

Adames may be an even greater power threat than Chapman as he has hit 24 or more home runs in each of the last four seasons. Even if you assume the power may drop off a little bit with him playing half of his games in the pitcher-friendly Oracle Park, it would still not come as a huge surprise if he and Chapman combine for 50 homers.

Turning to their defense, it is going to be tough for opponents to get balls through the left side of the infield. Chapman is a five-time Gold Glove winner including last season. He is one of the best defensive third basemen in the game so adding Adames to the left side is almost an embarrassment of riches.

The 29-year-old out of the Dominican Republic had a bit of down year defensively according to advanced metrics, but he had 20 errors on the season which was only five more than the 15 Chapman committed on the year. Adames still has a reputation as a strong defender so opposing teams may be better served hitting it elsewhere.

Beyond what they bring to the table as players, they bring just as much, if not more, as leaders on the team. President of baseball operations Buster Posey saw firsthand what it is like when a team has veteran leaders that younger players can look up to. Posey himself, Brandon Crawford, Brandon Belt, and Hunter Pence were those veterans who really established what it meant to be a San Francisco Giant for all of those years in the 2010's.

Having Chapman and Adames together ensures that young players are going to be able to look to those two guys to provide an example for how to carry yourself as a big leaguer and how to be a professional.

Add up everything they bring to the table and it is hard not to be excited about San Francisco's left side of the infield which is locked in for the rest of this decade. If the Giants are going to have any success in 2025, Adames and Chapman will most likely have a lot to do with it.