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Nuñez back with Giants, but for how long?

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SAN DIEGO — Third baseman Eduardo Nuñez is back with the Giants, but for how long?

A free agent after the season, Nuñez said he wants to remain in San Francisco through the season and beyond, but the team is expected to be active before the July 31 trade deadline and could use him as a chip.

“I want to win at some point,” said Nuñez, who was on playoff teams in New York in 2011 and 2012. “I was close a couple times with the Yankees, and we didn’t make it.