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Red Sox to resign Eduardo Nunez

IanMBrowne
Red Sox deal with Eduardo Nunez still has some procedural elements before being finalized, including a physical.
Feb 15, 2018 at 6:55 PM

Nunez who after being traded to the Red Sox at the end of July went on to ignite a sluggish offense by hitting .321/.353/.539 with 8 home runs as well as driving in 27 runs and stealing 6 bases while playing second, short and third.

With this winter's sluggish off-season and with the Red Sox currently in need of a potential infield option while both Marco Hernadez, as well as Dustin Pedroia, recovering from their respective off-season surgeries, and with the Nunez still available, this reunion makes too much sense not to happen.
Nunez who last season played second for the injured Pedroia as well as giving breathers to Devers at third, as well as Xander at shortstop, was a huge boost to the lineup last year, and even though he badly injured his right knee prior to the playoffs and was wrongly rushed back by the Red Sox manager John Farrell and the medical staff, would reinjure the knee in his only at-bat in the playoffs.
Yet after a full winter to recover, and with Pedroia and now Hernadez dealing with slow recoveries, as well as Holt returning after a lost season and possibly battling for a roster spot with  Blake Swihart for the super-utility role, the resigning of  Nunez would bring a player who has much more experience than Swihart around the infield, as well as the ability to potentially play the outfield which would allow for the Red Sox to keep Swihart on the roster since he his out of minor league options, while also  potentially looking to move Holt.
The benefits of adding Nunez are plenty including, that it give Cora a new player to plug into multiple positions and thus allowing him to give other players days off like Xander, Devers, as well as slotting in at DH on occasion. Then when Pedroia returns he can still see time spelling those players, as well as Pedroia and potentially continuing to see at-bats at the DH position.
The other potential benefit of bringing Nunez back is that, with the stalled negotiations with Scott Boras regarding JDM, adding  Nunez back would not only give the Red Sox some leverage to use against the agent in that they could say that Nunez who with last seasons success with the Red Sox, could show Boras, that they don't really need his client, but would be happy to add him.
Personally, I would love to see JDM join the Red Sox as a DH/Leftfielder as it would strengthen as well as add a power element to the lineup that currently it is lacking.  JDM along with Nunez would add multiple elements to an already strong team in their pursuit of a third AL East title.

***** as of writing this article the Red Sox are in agreement on a one year deal with a potential option for 2019 to bring back Nunez, yet it is still pending a physical******

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