Red Sox Adding Shelley Duncan To Coaching Staff

The Red Sox are adding former big leaguer Shelley Duncan to their major league coaching staff, Chris Cotillo and Sean McAdam of MassLive.com report. As with Boston’s previously agreed-upon hiring of Jason Bell (who’d been with the Astros), a specific title has yet to be settled upon.

Duncan, 47, played in parts of seven big league seasons from 2007-13, totaling 330 games and 997 plate appearances as a first baseman and corner outfielder. He’s had a long coaching career in the more than decade that has passed since he called it quits as a player.

The Diamondbacks hired Duncan as a manager in the low levels of their system back in 2015. He spent a few seasons there before the Blue Jays hired…