Rosenthal mentions Dunn as possibility for Cubs

[rickrolled]

In this article, Ken Rosenthal says the Reds are shopping Dunn and may be willing to trade him for a good young pitcher. I thought this was pretty interesting:

 

Cubs -- Imagine a 3-4-5 of Derrek Lee, Dunn and Aramis Ramirez at Wrigley Field. The Cubs lack a "can't-miss prospect" but could overwhelm the Reds with a three- or four-player package because of the Cubs' vast depth of young talent. Cornerstone players in the deal could be major league pitchers Sergio Mitre and Todd Wellemeyer.

 

If we could get Dunn for Mitre and Wellemeyer, I'd definitely do it in a second, but I think the Reds would want someone else as well, probably Dubois.

[HerbalK]

If that's the case, Dunn deal. Dubois, Mitre, and Welly is not much to give up for Dunn at all. IMO.

[E.J.]

The biggest problem I see is that there are a lot of teams who are going to consider themselves buyers who need a corner outfielder. We could give Cincy a bunch of prospects, but you really have to wonder if they'd trade Dunn to someone in their own division when there are 4-5 other teams that are looking to trade for him.

[rocket]

If that's the case, Dunn deal. Dubois, Mitre, and Welly is not much to give up for Dunn at all. IMO.

 

I'd even add Dope and maybe even the Gooze to those 3.

[badger1679666666]

If that's the case, Dunn deal. Dubois, Mitre, and Welly is not much to give up for Dunn at all. IMO.

 

I'd even add Dope and maybe even the Gooze to those 3.

 

Do you get a hard on right when you hear the word Dunn, or even done since it's a homonym? :D

[rocket]

If that's the case, Dunn deal. Dubois, Mitre, and Welly is not much to give up for Dunn at all. IMO.

 

I'd even add Dope and maybe even the Gooze to those 3.

 

Do you get a hard on right when you hear the word Dunn, or even done since it's a homonym? :D

 

What a sick, horrible, inappropriate, and disgusting question.

 

The answer's yes.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Hell, if Dunn is on the market, I'd be willing to offer Mitre, Wellemeyer, Nolasco and Dopirak.

 

If they didn't bite, feel free to substitute Lewis, Murton, or Hill for any one of those.

 

Dunn would be the difference maker in our line-up.

 

Imagine this:

 

Patterson

Walker

Lee

Dunn

Ramirez

Burnitz

Barrett

Perez

 

 

=P~

[Brian]

For Dunn I'd throw in Hill, just to bad he'd be owning us for the next couple of years :(

[sonicdethmonkey0]

right now this is probably my (slightly realistic?) dream lineup for the Cubs:

 

Hairston - CF

Walker - 2B

Lee - 1B

Dunn - LF

Ramirez - 3B

Burnitz - RF

Barrett - C

Cedeno - SS

[rocket]

Imagine this:

 

Patterson

Walker

Lee

Dunn

Ramirez

Burnitz

Barrett

Perez

 

 

=P~

 

Let's be honest. With Dusty, it will be this.

 

Patterson

Neifi

Lee

Burnitz

Ramirez

Dunn

Walker

Barrett

 

Still an improvement, but I have no doubt Dunn is batting 6th in this lineup. Oh well, I guess that's ample protection for Ramirez in Baker's eyes.

[badger1679666666]

right now this is probably my (slightly realistic?) dream lineup for the Cubs:

 

Hairston - CF

Walker - 2B

Lee - 1B

Dunn - LF

Ramirez - 3B

Burnitz - RF

Barrett - C

Cedeno - SS

 

If We're talking about dream lineups how bout this.

 

Kotsay - CF (Some Power/OBP, speed, gold glove)

Walker - 2B (Some Power/OBP)

Lee - 1B (Power/OBP, gold glove)

Dunn - LF (Power/OBP)

Ramirez - 3B (Power/OBP)

Sheffield - RF (Power/OBP)

Barrett - C (Good Contact/Some Power/OBP, good defense)

Cedeno - SS (Speed/OBP)

[WrigleyField 22]

Hell, if Dunn is on the market, I'd be willing to offer Mitre, Wellemeyer, Nolasco and Dopirak.

 

If they didn't bite, feel free to substitute Lewis, Murton, or Hill for any one of those.

 

Dunn would be the difference maker in our line-up.

 

Imagine this:

 

Patterson

Walker

Lee

Dunn

Ramirez

Burnitz

Barrett

Perez

 

 

=P~

 

You had me until Patterson. . . After that it was great though.

[rickrolled]

I'd love this:

 

Kotsay CF

Walker 2B

Lee 1B

Ramirez 3B

Dunn LF

Burnitz RF

Barrett C

Cedeno SS

[don_kessinger_was_good]

In this article, Ken Rosenthal says the Reds are shopping Dunn and may be willing to trade him for a good young pitcher. I thought this was pretty interesting:

 

Cubs -- Imagine a 3-4-5 of Derrek Lee, Dunn and Aramis Ramirez at Wrigley Field. The Cubs lack a "can't-miss prospect" but could overwhelm the Reds with a three- or four-player package because of the Cubs' vast depth of young talent. Cornerstone players in the deal could be major league pitchers Sergio Mitre and Todd Wellemeyer.

 

If we could get Dunn for Mitre and Wellemeyer, I'd definitely do it in a second, but I think the Reds would want someone else as well, probably Dubois.

 

Man, that's laughable. Of course I'd do this deal. They want more pitching, no problem. Nolasco, Ryu, Guzman, Van Buren, Leicester, Wuertz, Brownlie, Pinto take your pick. The only pitchers at AA or higher I don't trade away are Hill, Aardsma and Marshall.

 

Lee, Dunn and Aramis 3-4-5 is just sick, wow.

[chicubs]

You guys extremly overrate this guy. He is just a rich man's Russel Branyan who will never hit for average.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...That ought to rile yall up.

[rocket]

You guys extremly overrate this guy. He is just a rich man's Russel Branyan who will never hit for average.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...That ought to rile yall up.

 

That's the worst comparison I've ever heard in my life.

 

Changing topics, I do like the fact that I'm hearing Dunn to the Cubs as a possibility from other sources besides this board's speculation, and sources from Chicago. Seeing Rosenthal throw it out makes me a lot more excited about the possiblities.

[chicubs]

Why is it a bad comparison

 

- big, strong oozing power

- left handed

- all or nothing swings - hard to explain. Its not like Jeremy Burnitz's swing, but they are kind of like uppercuts.

- never hit for a decent average

- played for the reds :P

 

I like Dunn, but you guys all have a huge man-crush on the guy.

[CoolHandLuke]

I think you extremely underate Dunn. So there! :lol:

 

I actually don't think Branyan is that bad of a player. He gets on base and has a lot of pop. And most people think he is awful and then a team can sign him for a small price.

[UMFan83]

If the Reds traded Dunn to the division rival Cubs for 3 prospects pretty much, I think the team would fold due to lack of fan support by the end of the year. I will not believe that the Reds would consider trading Dunn to the Cubs until it actually happens.

[cubs22]

In all reality it would be wonderful to have Adam Dunn join our lineup. But the point is we already strike out way to much and Dunn has lead the league in that catagory before. We need a guy like Kotsay or anybody who can set the table up for A Ram, D Lee, and Bernie. We have enough power, we just have nobody to get on base in front of our big guys. Iam not saying that I would not like to have Dunn but he really does not fix our problems at this time. Sure he is a good corner outfielder but really is it all that worth it to trade our system to a Division Rival??

[rickrolled]

In all reality it would be wonderful to have Adam Dunn join our lineup. But the point is we already strike out way to much and Dunn has lead the league in that catagory before. We need a guy like Kotsay or anybody who can set the table up for A Ram, D Lee, and Bernie. We have enough power, we just have nobody to get on base in front of our big guys. Iam not saying that I would not like to have Dunn but he really does not fix our problems at this time. Sure he is a good corner outfielder but really is it all that worth it to trade our system to a Division Rival??

 

Why do people keep saying we strike out too much? The Cubs rank just 13th out of 16th in strikeouts in the NL.

 

The fact of the matter is, we're weak at LF because Hollandsworth just isn't very good in a starting role and Dubois isn't going to get much playing time, and didn't do so well when he was starting anyways.

 

How does Dunn not fix our problems? Our team OBP is just .325, 14th out of 16 in the NL, and Dunn's OBP is .384, which would put him second on our team behind only Lee.

[cubs22]

Dunn is third in all of baseball in strikeouts right now, followed by patterson. Also he is batting a robust .243. Now that solves the cubs problems by getting guys on base in front of their 3 big hitters. Thats why the Cubs need to acquire a corner outfielder who just gets on base and hits for average. We dont need another power guy.

[rickrolled]

Dunn is third in all of baseball in strikeouts right now, followed by patterson. Also he is batting a robust .243. Now that solves the cubs problems by getting guys on base in front of their 3 big hitters. Thats why the Cubs need to acquire a corner outfielder who just gets on base and hits for average. We dont need another power guy.

 

Dunn's on base percentage is .384. He gets on base plenty, and he hits for a ton of power. You need to look past just his batting average.

[cubs22]

So where are you going to bad Mr. Dunn. 1st or 2nd. Cuz i thought i was trying to say we needed to guy to get on before our 3, 4, 5 hitters. Only way this would be good is if he agreed to do that. But then again why dont you just go get a true leadoff hittler and the Walker bat second.

 

Lineup like this

True Leadoff hitter

Walker

Lee

Burnitz

A Ram

Barret

Patterson

Neifi

Pitcher

 

Something to that effect and we could hopfully have guys on when our good hitters came to the plate.

[cheapseats]

So where are you going to bad Mr. Dunn. 1st or 2nd. Cuz i thought i was trying to say we needed to guy to get on before our 3, 4, 5 hitters. Only way this would be good is if he agreed to do that.

 

Why wouldn't Dunn want to hit 2nd?

 

As for a "true leadoff hitter," there are four leadoff hitters with higher OBP than Dunn:

 

1. Brian Roberts

2. Brandon Inge

3. Derek Jeter

4. Johnny Damon

 

We're not getting 1, 3, or 4. Would you rather have Inge or Dunn?