I was just in a hurry. It should read (I’m sorry I just wanted to say it once)

I heard they talked for two hours about it and J.P said it was a good move but then the person
on the other end of the call only grunted. Could be Adam or maybe not.

The D-Backs won the waiver claim and completed the trade just as the window was expiring.

The only team with a worse record than the D-Backs who is in the playoff hunt are the Dodgers. He’s obviously the last thing they need. The Dodgers might have considered claiming him to block him from the D-Backs but then the Reds might have said, ok you take him and the salary.

goes based on standing from last year… NL teams by order of record (since Dunn was in NL) followed by AL teams in order of record…

Order is based on current record

Dalas Buck’s Minor League Numbers

He was one of the D’backs 2006 3rd round draft pick (from Giants as compensation for Free Agent Tim Worrell) out of college (Oregon State University).

He was first drafted out of high school in 2003 by the Pirates (19th round).

is just about one of the best baseball names I’ve ever heard…

I keed, I keed.

batting .210 with 37 HR while with Oakland.

I’d take Deer’s career OPS+ of 109 over Fukudome’s 100 this season.

He hit 187 with 29 HR in 2001 with 118 K in 364 PA

Gorman Thomas in 1985 with Seattle, not Milwaukee, hit 32 HR’s with a .215 BA.

Tony Armas in 1983 hit 36 HR’s for the Red Sox but only hit .218.

Excellent comparison.

... keep this in mind: that means he WON’T be hitting against the Cubs for six REGULAR SEASON games that the Cubs still have left with the Reds, meaning those games may be easier for the Cubs to win.

But the problem for those D-Backs is a weak lineup that just lost it heart and soul for the season in Orlando Hudson.

Z, Demp and Harden who are 31-12 (including Harden’s A’s numbers)

i like those matchups

We do counter with Z,Dempster, and Harden which is a pretty good 1-2-3. We also have a better lineup than they do.

Still I would rather face the Dodgers.

that a team like the DBacks (in what has the makings of a tight NL-West race) might need their aces down the stretch, whereas a team in a division that is clinched before the final game, would not. This means that they might not actually have Webb, Haren, Johnson in that order…This is basically what Steve Stone said this morning on the Score, pointing out that maybe their 1 or 2 would not be available for game 1 or 2 of a DS…

Hawk hit 30 HR while batting .221 in 1969 while playing for Boston and Cleveland.

(so I’m glad we don’t face AZ again in the regular season), but more to the point I think Dunn plays LF, Upton RF, Jackson 1B, and Chad Tracy flips between 1B and 3B from time to time.

It could potentially be a shit show if Dunn plays in the outfield. They somehow need to get the man on 1st base if they want to minimize the damage this guy can do on defense.

I guess walks don’t count for anything.

Adam Dunn = king of Three True Outcomes. NL west defenses are probably sighing in relief – it will make their jobs much easier.

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... and then get hurt and miss the rest of the season?

Sexson never had the eye that Dunn has.

Thier outfield situation is pretty stable. They’ve got Ludwick in Right, Ankiel in Center, and the Shumaker/Duncan platoon in left. Throw in Colby Rasmus, who’ll likely make the team in the spring (and will probably get a cup of coffee next month), and they should be pretty set in the OF.

from what I’ve seen, most sabermagicians consider Dunn to be really good. His HR(1st), Walk(3nd), OBP and SLG totals definitely outweigh his high strikeout totals and his low average. He has freaking 11.7 At bats per HR (1st).

Because you obviously don’t know what the sabermagicians say.

Adam Dunn is the freaking poster child for sabermagic.

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