PT TOMORROW: NL West—A possible 3B situation brewing in the Bay
Feb 24 2017
With last year’s Opening Day starter Matt Duffy (3B, TAM) no longer on the Giants roster, one of the bigger questions facing the team will be how to handle the playing time situation at the hot corner. The top option, Eduardo Núñez (3B/SS, SF), provided fantasy owners with a $30 (5x5) season after having never posted double-digit value during his first six years in the majors. Nunez’s contact ability (84% ct%) creates a high floor, and he did attempt 17 steals (13 successfully) in his two months with the Giants. What remains to be seen, however, is whether the Giants will continue last year’s trend of batting him near the bottom of the order—in particular the #7 hole, where he most frequently found himself after...
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