If you find yourself excessively attached to San Francisco Giants infielder Mauricio Dubón, who has only been with the organization for a month and a half, then don’t worry. You are not alone.

I’ve been on the Dubón train since the news of his acquisition broke, but I’ve found that I’m extra on the train this week. And it’s because of Bryan Reynolds.

Reynolds - whom the Giants have gotten quite familiar with in this series against the Pittsburgh Pirates - is having a spectacular rookie year. He’s hitting .326/.388/.523, and, at just 24, looks to be a staple of the Pirates core for years to come.

So why is he making me high on Dubón? Because the Giants drafted, developed, and ultimately traded Reynolds. Traded him for two-thirds of a year of Andrew McCutchen, in a season where they finished 16 games under .500. Given that Reynolds has already produced more Wins Above Replacement (WAR) than McCutchen did in a Giants jersey, it’s safe to say we’re going to spend a lot of time over the next decade saying, “They traded him? For whom?!?”

The same could end up being true of Lucius Fox, or Matt Duffy, if he ever gets healthy, as the Giants traded both for a short stint of Matt Moore tossing up BP pitches.

So what does that have to do with Dubón? The Giants acquired Dubón - and his many, many years of team control - for the tiny price of Drew Pomeranz (bad pitcher and a rental) and Ray Black (AAAA reliever). If Dubón becomes a quality baseball player, then the Giants will have a reverse-Reynolds situation, where we spend five to ten years wondering how the team got such a quality player for such a tiny price, and the Milwaukee Brewers are dumbfounded, wondering what they ever got in return, forgetting entirely that Pomeranz was ever a member of their organization.

In order to be that player, Dubón has to you know, play, and

Mauricio Dubon has a double and a homer in his first two career at-bats against Clayton Kershaw: pic.twitter.com/5OfYNH8Of2 — Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) September 7, 2019

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With meaningful games in the rear view mirror, the Giants have given Dubón the chance to play nearly every day, and so far he’s rewarded them. Going into Thursday’s game, Dubón is hitting .300/.333/.525 in 42 plate appearances with the Giants. His defense at second base has been spectacular, and it’s been impressive at shortstop as well.

Baseball-Reference already has Dubón at a whopping 0.7 WAR (Fangraphs is a bit more hesitant, and has him at 0.2), making him already more valuable this year than Joe Panik was. And, if you’re using the B-R stats, more valuable than Panik was last year, too.

If September has been an audition, Dubón is acing it. And due to his performance, it certainly looks like he’ll be given every chance to be a part of 2020’s 26-man roster on Opening Day, rather than starting the year in AAA. That wasn’t a given when he was called up.

Will he play every day though, or something close to it? Now that might be hard to predict.

Dubón is comfortable at both middle infield positions, making it easier to get him on the field. But the Giants have some other good options. Brandon Crawford - despite the angry comments on most articles on this site - isn’t going anywhere. He’s owed a lot of money, has a full no-trade contract, and 2019 is the only year in his career where he hasn’t been a notably above-average player.

But Crawford will not play everyday. The Giants are quickly moving to a more platoon-oriented setup, something Farhan Zaidi has prioritized. That will only be amplified next year, when rosters expand by a player. So while Crawford isn’t going anywhere, and could be a fine player next year, it seems feasible that Dubón may get a fair number of shortstop starts against left-handed pitchers. Perhaps most of them.

Second base doesn’t offer such a platoon. Try as they might to make it work, neither Panik nor Scooter Gennett gave the Giants a strong left-handed option at second. I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Corban Joseph ain’t it either.

There’s Donovan Solano, who poses an interesting question. Solano has been great this year, slashing .327/.355/.446 in more than 200 at bats. That’s excellent production for a utility player or platoon starter, and Solano still has two years of team control.

He’s also 31, has never performed at a level even close to approximating what he’s doing this year, and has the same handedness as Dubón.

Zaidi might trade Solano. He might bring in a million middle infielders to camp and give everyone the chance to be 2020’s Solano. Or he might just run back the same middle infield of Solano, Crawford, and Dubón, giving each player an ample number of starts.

Dubón probably won’t start at second base six days a week next year. He’ll get starts at shortstop, and he’ll get rest. But between the two middle infield positions, I’d expect him to be on the field most days. And if the last few weeks are any indication, that’s a great thing.