Nats making a play for Dunn

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FOX: Rosenthal - Nats making a play for Dunn
Published 7/23/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
FOX: Rosenthal - Nats making a play for Dunn It s no secret that Nationals general manager Jim Bowden covets Reds left fielder Adam Dunn — and no surprise that the Nats are pursuing Dunn, according to major-league sources While a trade does not appear close, the Reds have scouted the Nationals most talented minor-league club, Class A Potomac. ... The Mets are interested in Nationals closer Chad Cordero and second baseman Ron Belliard, and two Nats scouts watched the Mets Class AA Binghamton affiliate over the weekend However, the Mets — like many clubs — say that Bowden sets unrealistic targets in trade discussions, making it difficult to complete deals. ... The Dodgers are the front-runners for Royals closer Octavio Dotel — and the team s urgency could be increasing due to the uncertainty over closer Takashi Saito, who has missed the past four games with shoulder discomfort. In return for Dotel, the Royals want a position player ...

Rosenthal's Latest: Nats After Dunn
Published 7/23/2007 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com

Hu? Dotel!
Published 7/23/2007 by Orel at Sons of Steve Garvey
... From Ken Rosenthal at FOXSports.com: Dodgers: Front-runners for Dotel ...

16 Down, Not A Ton Left
Published 7/23/2007 by Chris Needham at Capitol Punishment

Graziano's Latest: Livan, Wily Mo
Published 7/23/2007 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com

Trade Rumors - LA Dodgers & Angels, Washington Nationals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Arizona D'backs
Published 7/23/2007 at FakeTeams
... He also provides plenty of rumors in his latest FOXSports column. He gives the Dodgers the best odds of landing Royals' closer Octavio Dotel with 2007 Futures Game MVP Chin-Lung Hu as more likely than UT Tony Abreu.  The Indians aren't willing to deal Franklin Gutierrez or Ben Francisco for Dotel, and the Red Sox could get involved as Rockies closer Brian Fuentes is still dealing with a troublesome lat muscle. ...

More on Dotel
Published 7/23/2007 by Lee Warren at Royal Reflections
... Here's Ken Rosenthal's take on the Octavio Dotel situation. ...

Nationals Going After Adam Dunn?
Published 7/23/2007 by PostmanE at FanHouse
... quasi-file comes Ken Rosenthal's announcement that the Nationals are big fans of Cincinatti slugger ...

MLB Trade Rumors: July 23rd
Published 7/23/2007 by Luke Halpert at Nyjer Please
... Ken Rosenthal has more nuggets than a McDonalds today: ...

Buzz: Jon Rauch, his foot, and Bowden
Published 7/23/2007 by Matthew Cerrone at MetsBlog.com
... …in the previous post, i detail the Mets interest in Nationals RHP Chad Cordero and RHP Jon Rauch, who, according to Dan Graziano of the ...

Thanks again, Jorge Julio
Published 7/23/2007 by ck at The Nationals Enquirer
... Ken Rosenthal has the Mets among other teams complaining "that Bowden sets unrealistic targets in trade discussions, making it difficult to complete deals." Hopefully that holds true if this Adam Dunn business is true. ...

No Field Celebration for Bud?
Published 7/23/2007 by Jeff Kallman at The MLB Source
... (unless they’re crossing their fingers that Juan Rivera’s projected August return isn’t just overoptimism) but not looking for a rental of the type Dunn would be since his free agency comes at season’s end; and, the Washington Nationals—whose general manager Jim Bowden held the same job in Cincinnati when the Reds drafted Dunn, and who believes—says Fox Sports’s Ken Rosenthal—he might be able to convince Dunn to sign aboard for the long term as a linch pin of the Nats’ rebuild. ...

I hate Mondays Trade Rumors
Published 7/23/2007 by Mantlemurcer at My Pinstripes
... Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the Dodgers are the front-runners for KC's Octavio Dotel. Source

Countdown
Published 7/23/2007 by E.L.M. at El Lefty Malo
... * With their first shot at the playoffs in eons, the Brewers aren’t going to sit still as the Cubs advance. Now with ace Ben Sheets out for at least a month, Milwaukee says it will move hot rookie Yovani Gallardo into the rotation. But Fox’s Ken Rosenthal says he may not be the answer as the team plays deep into the season, or even the post-season: ...

Braves Rumor Rumblings
Published 7/23/2007 by Will Schaffer at Chop-n-Change
... and some have said the opposite. Livan is the epitome of an innings eater. He has been known to throw 140+ pitches many times before. The problem however is that his performance and homerun rates have been getting drastically worse. Hernandez has ERA’s of 6.69 and 5.89 while allowing sixteen homeruns in nine combined starts between June and July, while his ERA was below four in both of the first two months of the season, allowing only four longballs. ...

The New Top Ten
Published 7/24/2007 by mr. met at the metropolitans
... The Nats are inexplicably trying to trade for Adam Dunn. For a team that is so far away from competing, words cannot describe how insane that would be. If he does get traded, they will have a crack at him in the off-season as his contract would be up after the 2007 season with 2008 being voided. ...

He's a keeper
Published 7/24/2007 by Jeff at District of Baseball - MLB returns to DC
... Fox Sports reported yesterday that the Nats are interested in trading for Adam Dunn, a longtime favorite of Bowden when he was the Reds GM. The Reds are reportedly scouting Nats prospects at high-A Potomac. One challenge: the Nats would also have to sign Dunn to a contract to keep him from becoming a free agent after this season. ...

hu we should trade for
Published 7/26/2007 by lboros at Viva El Birdos: Front Page Posts
... , who per a recent ken rosenthal column might be made available in the dodgers' attempt to land octavio dotel. this guy is a superior gloveman, a shortstop, with some speed and a decent batting eye; he is 23 years old and close to major-league ready. he didn't make Baseball America's list of la's top 10 prospects, but ...

Blogger Beat: Nats 320
Published 8/17/2007 by D.J. Short at MetsBlog.com
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10/21/07 TOP 5 Reasons YOU Can STILL Hate THE METS!! Reason #3...
Published 10/21/2007 by e chigliak <info@federalbaseball.com> at Federal Baseball: Front Page Posts
... http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7050210 ...