Dom Nuñez has had a roller coaster of a minor league career to date. The almost 23-year-old lefty hitting backstop (who began his professional career as a middle infielder) was red-hot over the second half of the 2015 season, giving him some consideration as a top-10 catching prospect in the minors. Then in 2016 (in High A at age 21, mind you) his bat took a major step back, posting a 85 wRC+. Nonetheless, the Rockies advanced Nuñez up the ladder to Double-A for 2017.
With Hartford, Nuñez’s batting line represented a continuation of the trend that had shown up repeatedly through his professional career: a low batting average but high walks production with occasional pop.