Schumaker,Rasmus, Pujols, Dunn?

i say while we’re calling about dunn, we at least ask about zimmerman…but i wouldn’t be mad if dunn was in the four hole

he’s a lefty and he’s about as bad in left as duncan. i wouldn’t be staunchly opposed to this deal, but i’d rather see most of the other options first. even holliday before him. i don’t see a dunn deal as very likely. probably more likely than zimmerman, though

He’s not a good fielder, that’s for sure. But he can hit the ball a mile. When Duncan a couple years ago I could overlook his D with no problem because I knew he could make up for it with the bat. If we put Dunn behind Albert in the lineup look out Central. And who knows how much more damage Dunn will do when they have to pitch to him. Those two guys back to back would spell trouble. Think back to a few short years ago when we could throw a Pujols-Edmonds-Rolen at a team, wouldnt it be nice to lineup with Raz-Pujols-Dunn-Ludwick? Thats intimidation. That’s the kind of order that distracts pitchers. They’ll be thinking about the next several batters instead of just focusing on Pujols. Right now I think that Raz and Lud are worried to much about providing the pop in the lineup when AP’s getting walked. Dunn has made a career taking that pressure on himself and blasting the ball. He’s a winner for us!

The Todd call-up is all about him getting some big league experience before he is traded for Dunn

dunn has been worth, because of his atrocious defense, 1.8, 2.9, and 1.3 wins.

in the last 3 years, derosa’s been worth: 2.9, 2.6, 3.8 WAR.

if this were an AL team, he’d be great. but one of ankiel or duncan might be as likely to produce what adam dunn will this year, balancing out defense and offense.

not someone who is going to have a .005 higher fielding % than Thurston or Barden

fielding percentage cite – check

DeRosa’s .264 is not the answer

analysis of a player’s offense solely by batting average – check.

BOOM, BOOM, FIYAPOWA

meaningless drivel in lieu of analysis – check.

An OF meant to be a 1B. Dunn’s a lefty bat, but he’s another OF. Like many other posts on getting another OF, we DO NOT need outfielders – we have enough as is!

I’ll take DeRosa or a 3B/SS over an OF like Dunn.

Anyway, today I saw a story that The Nats may be dealing Adam Dunn in exchange for some good pithcing prospects.

So you’re going to send them Ankiel, Walters, and Todd. Well Ankiel used to be a good pitching prospect, but now he plays outfield, Walters is a long reliever at best, and Todd has been moved to the bullpen. So where are the “good pitching prospects” that they want? That doesn’t even include our three best pitching prospects, which would be Mortenson, Boggs, and Lynn, because they’re all starters.

Ank, who I still root for and think has better days ahead, but will ultimately leave for more money. I actually expect a little less than a Drew type deal for him next year, his tools impress people.

I still root for him, but I’d give that up if the Cubs signed him to a “JD Drew” type of deal. Because that might help hold down their franchise for the next 5 years. Do you know how good JD Drew is? Because comparing him to Rick Ankiel would make JD’s parents cry. It really would:

Drew (career): .283/.391/.501 OPS+ 128 He’s also worth half a win on defense in RF.

Do you want to know some other guys who have around a 128 career OPS+? Dave Winfield (130), Chase Utley (129), Carl Yastrzemski (128), Sammy Sosa (128), and Rickey Henderson (127). I’d say that’s pretty good company — and Rick Ankiel is nowhere near as talented as any of those players, great tools or not. I did Rick and favor and only used his last three years as a position player here:

Ankiel (career): 263/.329./493/.821 OPS+ 112

That looks pretty good. Now lets look at 2009: .223/.296/.369/.665 OPS+ 74

Drew’s never been that bad, and he’s been hurt more than Ankiel has. Would you give that guy a $70M contract? Hopefully Jim Hendry does….

Pujols is batting .340 w/ 16 homeruns and zero protection all year.

That’s because lineup protection is a myth, and the hitters hitting in front of Pujols have been pretty good this year, putting guys on base in front of him so other teams can’t walk him. That’s much more important that putting a great hitter behind him. Ryan Ludwick had a .900+ OPS in April and so did Chris Duncan, and both of them hit 4th nearly the entire month.

I also think it would really help Raz and Ludwick to have another thumper in the lineup so they can focus on getting their averages up.

I would prefer they just focused on hitting the ball hard, swinging at only strikes, and getting on base as much as possible, but I guess that might help their “averages go up” too. So I guess we both win that one. But I don’t see how Dunn’s presence improves everyone else on the team when they already have the best hitter in baseball on their team and that doesn’t seem to be helping any of them at all.

I would actually support a trade for Dunn, in fact, I was one of the guys clamoring to sign him this offseason because he’s a guy that would play well in our outfield. But your package would barely bring back Austin Kearns and Ronnie Belliard, much less Adam Dunn.

I think he would plug a major hole

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I’ll probably never get my wish and see Dunn batting behind Pujols but when I take a simple look at the two scenarios we’re looking at it’s a no brainer to me

Duncan in LF/DeRosa at 3B
or
Dunn in LF Barden/Thurston at 3B

Dunn is going to give us a much bigger improvement over Duncan than DeRosa gives us over the platoon of Barden/Thurston

but ultimately he would see limited playing time due to him being taken out of the game all the time for defensive replacements. he’s another lefty bat… and one of Dunn’s best assets is taking walks, which aren’t going to help as much batting behind Pujols. his batting average is so low that he’s not going to be knocking in tons of runs unless he hits it out, which of course is entirely possible. still, if the best thing he can do is knock in Pujols, then I’m not so sure it’s a good idea since he historically has a low BA and strikes out alot. still, I really like Adam Dunn as a player, but ultimately he needs to start playing in the AL as a DH

That Hank Blalock might be made available for relief pitching/ I’ve never seen the guy play but his historical stas on mlb.com say that he’s played 3B before. He already has 12 homeruns this year so he has some power. I dont know how good his defense can be beacuse it looks like he’s currently a DH. It also appears that if Glaus comes back able to hit but not field then Mo may seek to trade him to someone in need of 1B or DH. And yesterday after I posted my Dunn idea, which most hate, I read that Matt Holliday may be getting a look from the Cards once again. I hear that he’s is starting to hit pretty well after a very slow start. I think he’s batting in the .270’s with 7 hr’s and would be a big upgrade at the plate and in left field. Haven’t heard what the A’s want for him but I’m still feeling a bit miffed because of the Mulder deal. I donb’t think that they may have any inclinations that Holliday’s not healthy, but we got the short end of the stick last time. Holliday and/or Blalock would provide some much needed offense.

If you think Duncan makes routine plays more dramatic, you haven’t seen anything. Dunn literally single-handedly lost the WBC for the USA with his defense. If you think Chris Duncan has been worse this year than usual, you’d be correct. For most years, his fielding is just below average, never reaching even the -5 plateau over a whole season (this is partially due to playing time, but read on). However, this year he figures to almost triple that figure, giving up a whopping 13 runs on defense.

If you think that’s as bad as it gets, you’re sorely mistaken. Adam Dunn has already given up 13 runs with the defensive holocaust that he is. Let me repeat myself. Adam Dunn has already been more damaging to his team with his defense in 52 games than Chris Duncan figures to be in his worst season over 150 games.