Adam Dunn A Fit For Yanks?
Via Jon Heyman today -
Teams think that with Washington beginning to fall back, the Nats will start to sell, and they have a few interesting pieces, starting with Adam Dunn, Nyjer Morgan, Josh Willingham and Cristian Guzman. “Their pitching is a little younger than their hitting so it’s an interesting situation,” observed one competing GM. Dunn would help a number of teams, and a GM guessed the Yankees or Angels could be a fit. “Could you imagine him at Yankee Stadium?” another observed. The Yankees’ offense has suffered a bit after losing Damon and Hideki Matsui during the offseason and with Nick Johnson out for an undetermined length, so Dunn might look pretty good batting sixth in the Bronx. The Nats like him, so they could even trade Dunn, and then sign him back after the season. Morgan and Willingham would interest a number of teams, though it isn’t certain they’ll be traded.
Me? My opinion on Adam Dunn has not changed in the last two years. Pass.
The Yankees’ offense has suffered a bit after losing Damon and Hideki Matsui during the offseason and with Nick Johnson out for an undetermined length
R/G
09: 5.65
10: 5.35
.3 runs a game separates the two seasons. While I would welcome Dunn @ the DH spot, I doubt the trade will happen, if Girardi’s trying to get Posada more AB’s as a DH.
@ Steve Lombardi:
Your clutch analysis notwithstanding, Dunn would be a very good addition to the ballclub. He’d certainly hit more than Thames, is the kind of OBP guy that we lost when Nicolette Johnson went on the DL and could, if absolutely necessary, play a few innings at 1B and corner outfield (although I’d rather he didn’t, really).
Final analysis should be what the Nats would want for him. If it’s a king’s ransom — as I’m sure it would be — then, no. If it’s a reasonable swap, the Yanks would be crazy to pass it up.
@ Raf:
Agreed. I’d welcome Dunn on the team but as long as Posada can’t catch every day (and he clearly can’t), Dunn would clog up the DH spot which the Yanks need to keep open for Posada and others.
Then again, one could argue that Dunn is better as a DH than Posada is so apart from the hurt feelings, relegating Posada to a platoon at C/DH would be better for the team on the whole.