I get that it's fun to s*** on Panik and I understand it, it's frustrating that our manager is in love with him, but he actually hits the ball quite a bit harder than Espinal. Panik's avg and max exit velos are quite a bit better than Espinal's, the latter is a bloop merchant, the former just hits too many balls at a sub-optimal launch angle for his lack of raw power.
Panik just isn't a 3B at all.