When spring training of this season rolled around, hardly anyone in Birdland ever had any reason to know or think about Renato Núñez. The reason for this is a simple one: Núñez wasn’t even in the Orioles organization for spring training. He was decidedly not one of “our guys.”
Like many others in the disastrous season that just finished, Núñez got a chance when the team got desperate. Unlike many others, he performed decently enough to make you think that maybe, just maybe, Núñez deserves a regular role with the Orioles as they head into wherever it is they are headed in the near future.