The Giants recently made Angel Pagan a very rich man with a four-year, $40 million contract. Is Pagan worth the cash? Let's take a look at his 2012 production and find out.

Pagan posted his second-highest clip ever, batting .288 over the most plate appearances of his career (659). His average ranked sixth among all center fielders in baseball.

Pagan's 95 runs led the World Champs and set a new career high for the seven-year vet. His 10 runs scored in the postseason tied him with Gregor Blanco for second on the team.

With 174 knocks, Pagan trailed NL MVP Buster Posey by just four hits for the team lead. Of those 174 hits, 15 were triples, which led the NL and contributed to Pagan's career high in ...

Pagan banged eight home runs, 38 doubles and the aforementioned 15 triples to tally a career-high 266 total bases, the second-highest total among National League center fielders.

The combination of 61 extra-base hits and a .338 on-base percentage led to a .778 OPS for Pagan. Only Dexter Fowler, Bryce Harper and Andrew McCutchen ranked ahead of him among National League center fielders in the category.

Though Pagan's 29 steals made for his lowest total since 2009, they were good enough to lead the team. Add in the fact that he was only caught seven times and it becomes obvious that Pagan was the most dangerous Giant on the basepaths in 2012.

It may come as a surprise to Giants fans that Pagan actually registered a negative dWAR (- 0.3) in 2012. But the reliability of some of these newfangled defensive metrics can be flawed, so we're going to go with our eyeballs instead. From what we watched, Pagan was well above average in the defense department.

And last but not least, the best overall measure we have of players ... WAR. Using Baseball-Reference.com's formula, Pagan registered four wins over replacement in 2012 which ranks him in the top 20 players in the National League. Verdict: Pagan is worth the money.