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Make him go away.
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Dunn is a Sammy Sosa. Lots of meaningless seasons when team is sub .500. When a team needs him in critical period of season or time in game he's MIA with a K. He just isn't a pressure guy who can lead a team. As I said when we signed him, be ready for no playoff baseball until and peavy were gone. Horrible off season habits and no real contributions when it matters on wrong side of 30.
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Im missing the part where Dunn is in some way comparable to future hall of fame sluggers? |
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You can't dismiss that kind of performance, but face facts. Dunn has stunk 12 out of 17 months he's worn a Sox uniform. Racking up garbage time numbers isn't going to change the fact he is liable to put up half a season to a full season of garbage at any given time.
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Ridiculousness across all sports: (1) "You have no valid opinion because you never played the game." (2) "Stats are irrelevant. This guy just doesn't know how to win." |
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We need to be careful about calling Dunn's revival garbage time, because Beckham's revival took place over roughly the same time. Of course no one's made this point because Beckham's a halo guy and Dunn isn't.
So for consistency we should call both revivals garbage time hitting or better yet, ease up on Dunn.
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I need to know what chart has an 8-time all-star, 7-time home run leader, and career .940 OPS Ralph Kiner in the same discussion as Adam Dunn. 4 time strikeout leader. Lowest single season batting average since 1909. Most errors of any left fielder through 2011. 2 All-stars, 0 playoff appearances. 0 titles. Let go from Cincinnati because he can't play defense. If you want to be rational and say "Adam Dunn is a top 12 1Bman right now even with his poor defense", fine. I don't want to hear "Frank Thomas, Miguel Cabrera, Gehrig". He's on pace for 37 Hr and 85 RBI. People are excited by his hot streak. He's signed through next season, trade him at the deadline if he continues to hit the ball. Don't wait around for another 2011 season. |
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I'm glad Dunn's made a resurgence these last few months, but as someone else said, he's been bad for 12 of his 17 months here. Too much of his time here has reminded me more of Mark Reynolds than Adam Dunn. If this helps his trade value this offseason, then I'm still hopeful he can be moved.
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I gave you the website, which is an awesome site if you want to look at some baseball history. So how is there no reference? They explain their calculators for player comparisons, career and at current ages, for every player. Every player. Go take a look, and it will answer all your questions. You might be the first person to knock Baseball Reference!
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I'm not sure what ages Thome, Jones, and Canseco were when the Sox had them but I think putting Dunn in that group is pretty accurate. He gives solid power numbers but isn't necessarily a guy you'd want up in the clutch. He's had his moments and hot stretches but he isn't nor ever was the end-all-be-all.
I think his new approach at the start of the season of not taking walks was an awful idea from the get go...guys like him and Thome add value from getting on base in addition to the homeruns. To try out a different strategy wasn't very smart and the Sox should take just as much blame as he does for that.
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I haven't seen many games lately. Can somebody tell me what changes Dunn has made at the plate? Also, what does everybody think about the lack of power during his hot streak?
Pre-ASB: 360 PA (310 AB) 9 2B, 24 HR .213/.317/.474 Post-ASB: 112 PA (93 AB) 3 2B, 3 HR .301/.411/.430 While he's obviously a much better overall hitter during this time, I'm not sure it really helps his trade value. All the talk before the deadline was based on teams needing a power upgrade. Will GMs focus on the overall numbers, or be worried that Dunn can only hit well by becoming a singles hitter? Given the cost, speed/defensive-impairments, and playing at a power position, I think we may be overstating Dunn's potential trade value, even if the Sox eat a few million dollars. Of course, a few homers in the next week may change things.
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