Newly acquired infielder Eduardo Nunez made his first start since joining the team in a trade from Minnesota on Thursday and having his first at-bat Friday.
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He is set to join the Triple-A Rochester club and should be fun to watch as the Red Wings will now feature Mejia and the aforementioned Berrios. In spite of his young age, he never had any jitters coming in even against the biggest hitters in the Pacific Coast League and commanded his pitches.
Twins interim general manager Rob Antony has said pitching was Minnesota’s top priority as the Twins looked to deal. If the triple play wasn’t depressing enough, their lead in the National League West was reduced to a single game when the Dodgers beat Arizona.
Pence tore his right hamstring off the bone while running the bases during a game on June 1 and had surgery a week later.
On August 1, the MLB Trade Deadline will be here.
Is he worth trading Eduardo Nunez for?
That’s assuming, though, that Nunez doesn’t fall into the aforementioned category of one-half wonders, that Manager Bruce Bochy allows him to continue stealing bases, and that he gets regular playing time-opposed to just becoming a backup infielder.
We’ll just have to see about his defense. I’m not overly particular. “It’s an opportunity to go out there and contribute to a team that’s trying to set its sights fairly high”.
Samardzija said gap shots by Wilson Ramos in the fourth and Daniel Murphy in the fifth proved to be his undoing, but otherwise felt a lot better about getting on the right path and the team getting on the right path as well.
The Giants’ execution failures continue to be manifold, and majority are happening at the plate with runners in scoring position.
The move adds some much-needed depth to San Francisco’s injury-plagued infield.
That may not seem like news, since Nunez has played the position, his preferred position, 50 times this season.
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The Chicago Cubs are hoping to add help to the bullpen as rumors are swirling that they are likely to offer a trade to get the services of Oakland. Once a prized prospect of the Yankees and a projected replacement for Derek Jeter, the 29-year-old Dominican Republic native struggled to realize his potential in NY but has flourished with the Twins, particularly this season.
