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August 11, 2008
Dunn Deal
Adam Dunn

Adam Dunn
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The Arizona Diamondbacks acquire Adam Dunn from the Cincinnati Reds:
The Diamondbacks acquired slugger Adam Dunn from the Cincinnati Reds today in exchange for minor league pitcher Dallas Buck and two players to be named later.

Dunn is a free agent at the end of the season. He's likely to be a rental player. Arizona leftfielder have a .308 OBA and a .387 slugging percentage. Dunn, despite a low batting average, posts a .376 OBA and a .528 slugging percentage. A very good move for the Diamondbacks. Dunn hits for power so well he might actually make up for some that was lost with the injury to Hudson as well.

Dallas Buck looks okay, but not great. It will be interesting to see who else the Reds get out of this deal.


Posted by David Pinto at 03:22 PM | Trades | TrackBack (0)
Comments

I just do not get why the Reds hated this guy so much. 40 homers every year, awesome OBAs and slugging numbers. What's not to like?

Posted by: rumbaugm at August 11, 2008 05:08 PM

The Reds are going nowhere and need to put a winner on the field

Posted by: barneyfrank at August 11, 2008 05:21 PM

While this trade makes the D-backs offense better their outfield defense is going to be truly dreadful. A 1B in left and Dunn (he looks like a walrus on land chasing after fly balls) in RF is going to make Chris Young a busy man.

Posted by: Tom at August 11, 2008 05:26 PM

Dunn's lucky to get away from the do nothing Reds (and I'm a Reds fan)...and their slug of a toothpick chewing manager. The brass has wanted rid of Dunn all year.....because of his salary....they get nothing for him.....to add to nothing they already have. They won't be able to give tickets away, since they got rid of the crowd favs, Griffey and Dunn.

Posted by: Sher at August 11, 2008 08:26 PM

No Junior, no Dunn.. The Reds must be fielding a nice AAA team right now.

Posted by: tas at August 12, 2008 12:59 AM

I guess the Reds weren't satisfied that Dunn wasn't among the top ten hitters in the NL. He "only" ranked fifteenth in the NL in OPS. He "only" was a .900 career OPS hitter.

Pure genius by Cincinnati. A team should always get rid of its (by far) best hitter. Makes the team a lot better.

Posted by: Casey Abell at August 12, 2008 08:02 AM

They didn't win with him, they're not going to win without him. They weren't going to resign him. You hafta wonder if they could have got more for him.

Posted by: Bandit at August 12, 2008 08:14 AM
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