BOSTON -- To reach a milestone,
“Great way to end the year for him. He’s thrown more innings than he has in years, and he showed his competitiveness tonight,” Hyde said. “We’ve been kinda waiting for these types of games. We don’t have them very often, where they’re smooth, where we can forecast what can happen next. … It’s a lot easier to navigate when guys are getting it done and getting guys out they are supposed to.”\n\nAll told, Wojciechowski finished 4-8 with a 4.92 ERA in 17 games (16 starts). He threw 82 1/3 innings in the Major Leagues and 168 2/3 overall, both representing the highest career workload for the 30-year-old journeyman. He seems likely to arrive in Sarasota, Fla., next spring with a chance to win a rotation spot.\n\n“Throwing this amount of innings, I know how it feels now,” Wojciechowski said. “I know what I have to do, but I will put a big focus on taking care of my body and getting in as good of shape as I can for next season.”\n\nLike Wojciechowski and many of this teammates, Núñez heads into the winter having endured the rigors of a career-heavy workload. Baltimore’s primary designated hitter for the entirety of the season, Núñez previously eclipsed the 30-homer plateau at Triple-A in the A’s system in 2017. But he’d never been given regular at-bats at the big league level until ‘19.
Núñez spent it streaky but productive, parlaying 54 extra-base hits and 89 RBIs into a roughly league-average .775 OPS playing every day. His production seemed to come in bunches. He squeezed more than half his home runs into three 10-game stretches in mid-April, late May and before the All-Star break. He endured a 3-for-47 stretch in May and entered Friday hitting .213 with one homer in September.\n\nNúñez and