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- Updated: June 5, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS — Eduardo Nunez has played himself into regular playing time with the Twins, but manager Paul Molitor isn’t quite ready to say he’s emerged as an everyday player in the long-term.
Nunez, though, has surprisingly been the club’s best hitter this year, hitting .331/.360/.500 with six homers, 21 RBIs and 11 stolen bases in 46 games, entering Sunday. He’s started 27 of the last 28 games, and he has supplanted Eduardo Escobar as the club’s starting shortstop in the short-term with the way he’s played. Nunez started at third base against the Rays on Sunday, however, as Escobar started at short.
Molitor has been impressed by Nunez and said he’s going to continue to give him regular playing time, but he said it’s hard to say whether the 28-year-old can be an everyday player going forward after seeing action in a utility role for the first six years of his career.
“It’s a slippery slope as far as projecting a guy into that role who has played well for a couple months,” Molitor said. “If you base it on how he’s …
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