mlb.mlb.com - 1/21/2009
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It's an epoch of power in Major League Baseball. Even now, with home run numbers down a bit from record highs earlier in the decade, the ball is going out of the park more than it has in any previous era in the history of the game. The corollary of that, though, is that it's also the era of ...
voices.washingtonpost.com - 1/19/2009
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voices.washingtonpost.com —
Right now, Adam Dunn wants a four-year, $56
million contract. And who knows, maybe he gets it....
Maybe he also gets a Lamborghini, a new house, and exclusive use of the Burj Al Arab helicopter pad. Maybe he can hire Pat Burrell to babysit his kid. ...
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The Market For Adam Dunn
voices.washingtonpost.com - 1/21/2009
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voices.washingtonpost.com —
"But for now, I feel comfortable saying that
no big market team seems like a true, head-over-heels...
suitor for Dunn. That's why Dunn just might end up in Washington, the one team that unequivocally wants the guy." Chico, Could I ask you what you are ...
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The Market For Adam Dunn - Nationals Journal
behindtheplatefantasy.com - 1/16/2009
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behindtheplatefantasy.com —
This article was inspired by a comment left
by one of my uncles on a recent article...
of mine from my family’s new 3-D Baseball site. The article addressed candidates to become the fifth member of baseball’s 40/40 club (to learn about my ultimate ...
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Strikeout Increase
The Rays Party —
MLB.com put up a interesting article on the increase in the amount of strikeouts of hitters in both leagues in the past ten years or so. They mentioned the growing popularity of sabermetricians or what they called "statheads", arguing that it doesn't matter how much a batter strikeouts, but how many extra bases they hit or have a high on-base percentage. I agree that a batter shouldn't be judged entirely on his negative stats but also on the positive stats like home runs and such. Usually the hitters that strike out the most are usually guys who can get over ten homers a year easily. Anyway here is a list of the Rays top three strikeout hitters every season since 1998 with their ...
Around The Web: Outfield Arms, Strikeouts, And Erin Andrews
Fire Ned Colletti Now —
... Ethier is 11th among right fielders (1.5 Runs Per 200), Matt Kemp is 1st among center fielders (11.3 Runs Per 200), Manny Ramirez is 5th among left fielders (4.1 Runs Per 200), and Juan Pierre is 24th among left fielders (-8.6 Runs Per 200). UZR and Plus/Minus are great at measuring range for outfielders, but they both don't account for runs that an outfielder might save with his arm. As you can see, this drastically changes the defensive value of some players. MLB.com: Great article by Matthew Leach on the changing perception of strikeouts. ...
The Frustrating Tale of Adam Dunn
Jorge Says No! —
Adam Dunn is a strikeout hitter. Baseball people expect Dunn to strikeout at least 160 times a season to go along with the 40 or so home runs that he will hit on average. However, I don't think there were too many baseball people who could have predicted that Dunn would have struck out this badly on the free agent market. With ten days to go until spring training, Dunn remains stuck in free agent purgatory. There have been very few suitors for Dunn's services despite his tremendous power hitting ability. Dunn initially priced himself out of the market by looking for a 4 year/$56 million dollar contract. Now, it looks like Dunn will be lucky to get half of that. And ...
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The Frustrating Tale of Adam Dunn
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 2/6/2009 — Adam Dunn is a strikeout hitter. Baseball people expect Dunn to strikeout at least 160 times a season to go along with the 40 or so home runs that he will hit on average. However, I don't think there were too many baseball people who could have predicted that Dunn would have struck out this ...
The Market For Adam Dunn
mlbtraderumors.com 2/1/2009 — Amazingly it's February 1st and the one 40 home run bat on the free agent market, Adam Dunn , remains unsigned. We learned from Bobby Abreu 's agent that his client is willing to consider a one-year deal , but Dunn's rep Greg Genske is not as ...
Nationals still waiting on Dunn
fannation.com 2/3/2009 — The market has been mostly quiet for free agent slugger Adam Dunn , but a baseball source said Dunn did receive a contract offer from the Nationals, who badly want a power hitter. The Nats targeted Dunn after making a spirited free-agent run at Mark ...
What’s Fair for Dunn?
fangraphs.com 12/22/2008 — Adam Dunn raised some eyebrows last week when he declared the Chicago Cubs as his top choice. Dunn backed his preference by stating preferential financial details as “fair”. Could it be that Dunn is the rara avis of sluggers, the one willing to take ...
What’s Fair for Dunn? | FanGraphs Baseball
fangraphs.com 12/23/2008 — Adam Dunn raised some eyebrows last week when he declared the Chicago Cubs as his top choice. Dunn backed his preference by stating preferential financial details as “fair”. Could it be that Dunn is the rara avis of sluggers, the one willing to take ...
Someone Please Sign Adam Dunn
imwritingsports.com 12/28/2008 — I get bored during Major League Baseball’s offseason, I can’t help it. I enjoy watching football, absolutely love college basketball, and as much as I wanted to fall back in love with the NBA, it just bores me. My relationship with ...
Adam Dunn: Undervalued by Teams/Overvalued by Stat-Savvy fans
perpetualpost.com 1/27/2009 — Adam Dunn is the bargain no team should ignore.
HOWARD MEGDAL: When I saw this piece in The Washington Post (okay, saw it in MLBTradeRumors.com citing The Washington Post), I understood that the phrase “falling out of my chair” was ...
Adam Dunn
rotoworld.com 1/26/2009 — Say what you will about Dunn's poor defense, low batting average, and sky-high strikeout rate, but the man puts runs on the board. Dunn has 40-plus homers and 100-plus walks in five straight seasons, including the oddity of exactly 40 homers in four ...
FOX Sports on MSN - MLB - Dunn would be smart alternative for Dodgers
msn.foxsports.com 1/7/2009 — Adam Dunn, two years, $25 million. That's $20 million less than the Dodgers offered Manny Ramirez. Dunn is not Ramirez, mind you. But he's 7 1/2 years younger, said to be in the best shape of his career and the only major leaguer to hit 40 or more ...
