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KTAR is reporting Diamondbacks acquire Adam Dunn

hat the Diamondbacks have just acquired Adam Dunn in exchange for Dallas Buck and two players to be named later.

Got this as a text alert, no link or confirmation as of yet.

Here it is:

Diamondbacks acquire Adam Dunn from Reds

August 11th, 2008 @ 10:57am 

by Tyler Bassett/Sports 620 KTAR, John Gambadoro/Sports 620 KTAR

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Sports 620 KTAR's John Gambadoro reports the Arizona Diamondbacks have acquired outfielder Adam Dunn from the Cincinnati Reds.

The Diamondbacks are giving up three prospects in the deal, minor league pitcher Dallas Buck and two other players to be named later.

Dunn has 32 home runs in 2008 with 74 RBI. His average this season is .233.

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some strike outs. Adam “Big Donkey” Dunn does have good power numbers but he also has 120 strike outs to go with that .233 average. At least he only hits into 4 double plays this year. I don’t know what to think yet until I hear Mark Grace tell me how much I’m going to love this deal.

Where have you gone Mike Fetters?

by NewJackCity on Aug 11, 2008 2:11 PM EDT   0 recs

Yeah, he's like

a better version of Mark Reynolds or Chris Young(2007 edition).

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 11, 2008 3:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

a 2 month rental

that will be a free agent after this season. We lose two unknown prospects and another pitching prospect? This has Moorad written all over it!

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Aug 11, 2008 2:18 PM EDT   0 recs

Though we will probably get

Two additional draft picks, since Dunn is likely to be a Type A, I presume?

by Jim McLennan on Aug 11, 2008 2:41 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yes, we would

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Aug 11, 2008 2:49 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I see

that Dunn isn’t represented by Scott Boras. Does that mean he’s likely to accept arbitration? And don’t we need to offer him arbitration in order to get the picks?

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Aug 11, 2008 3:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

yes,

we would have to offer him arb to get the picks… but if he does accept, i’d see it as a golden opportunity to get byrnes’ obscene contract and pop ups out of our hair.

by leemellon on Aug 11, 2008 4:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Not so sure about it being J.Mo's doing.

Besides, I think it’s a good deal for us. No chance of signing Dunn, though, because of that brilliant Eric Byrnes deal, so we’re probably going to be in line for some draft picks, which I like.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 11, 2008 3:06 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

The price was nice

It doesn’t look like we gave up any of our best prospects. And we’ll get similar prospects back if he leaves.

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Aug 11, 2008 3:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That's what I'm saying.

Although—I’m a little surprised that Dunn made it past the Dodgers on the waiver wire. I would have expected them to block this as long as possible.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 11, 2008 3:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

In fact,

IIRC, that’s how we wound up with Cirillo, Kennedy, and BK last year—we were actually trying to block them from going to another NL West team.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 11, 2008 3:20 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I would have expected

them to claim him so they could fulfill their dream of fielding a team made entirely of ourfielders and first basemen,

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Aug 11, 2008 3:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Well, just because they claim him

wouldn’t necessarily mean they end up with him.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 11, 2008 3:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Once they claimed him

I don’t think they could have kept themselves from trading for him.

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Aug 11, 2008 3:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

True.

They DO hate young prospects, after all. Maybe get rid of Loney?

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 11, 2008 3:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Maybe they could have tossed Kershaw into the deal, too.

Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?

by kishi on Aug 11, 2008 4:20 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah. Who the hell

needs young impact players anyway, when you can have… MANNY RAMIREZ!!

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 11, 2008 4:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Finally somone in the lineup that needs to be pitched around.

by AngryTick on Aug 11, 2008 2:19 PM EDT   0 recs

2 month rental?

I thought Dunn had another year left on his deal?

by AngryTick on Aug 11, 2008 2:19 PM EDT   0 recs

This trade makes no sense

the panic button was pushed, period.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Aug 11, 2008 2:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Can we push

the button that opens a trap door under Bob Melvin’s chair instead?

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Aug 11, 2008 2:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

+100

and Moorad

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Aug 11, 2008 2:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

thanks to TAP at DBBP for the below information:

Adam Dunn
2 years/$18.5M (2006-07), plus $13M 2008 club option

Cincinnati exercised $13M 2008 option 10/31/07
re-signed 2/06, avoided arbitration ($8.95M-$7.1M)
06:$7.5M, 07:$10.5M, 08:$13M club option ($0.5M buyout)
2008 option may increase to $16M based on award bonuses
if club exercises 2008 option, Dunn receives full no-trade clause until 6/15/2008 & limited no-trade clause for the remainder of 2008 (allowing Dunn specify 10 clubs to which he would accept a trade)

2008 option voids if Dunn is traded before 2008
assignment bonus of $0.5M if traded

1 year/$4.6M (2005), avoided arbitration 1/05
1 year/$0.445M (2004), re-signed 3/04
1 year/$0.4M (2003) 3/03
agent: Brian Peters, Greg Genske

ML service: 6.074

Source: Cot’s Baseball Contracts

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Aug 11, 2008 2:23 PM EDT   0 recs

But at least he walks!

Dunn is second only to Pat Burrell in the NL for walks (80).... so at least he has a number of walks and home runs to balance out the strike outs.

FYI, we now have three of the top 5 striker outers on our team! CY, Dunn, and Reynolds. I’m sure Upton would be up there with them if he was healthy!

by Lisalisa8 on Aug 11, 2008 2:27 PM EDT   0 recs

HOLD THE PHONE:

From MSN:
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8437824/Sources:-D-backs-fail-in-bid-to-land-Reds

Ken Rosenthal:

The Diamondbacks’ effort to acquire Cincinnati’s Adam Dunn has failed.

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Arizona claimed the Reds left fielder on waivers but no deal was consummated before the 48-hour window expired Monday, according to major-league sources.

Dunn, who is tied for the major-league lead in home runs, will now remain with the Reds for the rest of the season.

The Diamondbacks also had interest in Dunn before the July 31 trade deadline.

Currently in first place in the NL West, the Diamondbacks were looking to boost an offense than ranks 10th in the National League in runs scored, 12th in home runs and 13th in batting average.

Dunn is hitting .233 with 32 home runs and 74 RBIs for the Reds this season.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Aug 11, 2008 2:47 PM EDT   0 recs

angels sweep yankees?

Didn’t know that. that is always good news.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Aug 11, 2008 2:50 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Fox Sports changed the story...

Same link, different story – Dunn is indeed headed to AZ.

Beer...now there's a temporary solution!

by IndyDBack on Aug 11, 2008 2:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

yeah looks like they have corrected themselves.

by Wactivist on Aug 11, 2008 2:54 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

gotta love ken

He makes Gambo look like Einstein

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Aug 11, 2008 2:55 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Rosenthal

has not impressed me. His creative writing on the Mark Teixeira circus was absolutely awful.

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Aug 11, 2008 2:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

And I update the headline

For the third time in 20 minutes. :-)

by Jim McLennan on Aug 11, 2008 2:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I love how the link still says that they failed to sign him.

Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?

by kishi on Aug 11, 2008 4:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Rosenthall's wrong...

It’s a Dunn deal.

by TAP on Aug 11, 2008 2:59 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

bada bing!

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Aug 11, 2008 3:00 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

"Thank you

I’m here all night. Try the veal!”

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Aug 11, 2008 3:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

oy vey!

This could be fun…

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Aug 11, 2008 3:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Unfortunately,

Eric Byrnes is only Dunn in Sedona red until next season.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 11, 2008 3:12 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hopefully

This means our streak of NL West titles is not one and Dunn…

by Jim McLennan on Aug 11, 2008 3:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Now that we've upgraded our lineup,

it’s really even MORE upsetting that O-Dawg’s year is Dunn.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 11, 2008 3:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Argh....

beat me to it! I was gonna say that!

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 11, 2008 3:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

/rimshot

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Aug 11, 2008 3:00 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Then ESPN says yes

I’m so confused

The Arizona Diamondbacks added a big bat Monday in their attempt to hold off the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West race.

Adam Dunn

Dunn

Arizona acquired Cincinnati Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, who is tied for the major league lead with 32 home runs, for three prospects.

The trade was first reported by KTAR Radio in Phoenix.

In exchange for Dunn, Cincinnati will receive minor league pitcher Dallas Burk and two other players to be named later.

Buck got a call from D-backs farm director A.J. Hinch, telling him he had been traded for Dunn. Buck, who was traveling with the Single-A Visalia Oaks, was already on the bus to San Jose, Calif., when Hinch called him. He had to tell teammates of the trade en route.

“It was kind of funny,” Buck said, “because I was rumored to be in a deal for [Mark] Teixeira, so when I just told them they all thought I was messing with them.”

Buck was drafted by Arizona in the third round of the 2005 draft. Once a top-notch prospect, Buck’s draft status fell after had an elbow injury revealed on the eve of the ‘05 draft that bumped him out of a likely first-round slot. He had Tommy John surgery last summer and had begun pitching in Single-A this summer.

Dunn is tied with the Phillies’ Ryan Howard for the NL lead with his 32 homers. The White Sox’s Carlos Quentin also has 32 home runs.

Information from ESPN.com’s Amy K. Nelson was used in this report.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Aug 11, 2008 2:49 PM EDT   0 recs

he White Sox’s Carlos Quentin also has 32 home runs.

Stings even more now than before.

by Wactivist on Aug 11, 2008 2:52 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm just

Frantically trying to keep the headline on this story up-to-date. :-)

by Jim McLennan on Aug 11, 2008 2:51 PM EDT   0 recs

This is on ESPN.com as well ...

So I have two questions …

1) How good are the guys we gave up?
2) How are we going to get him playing time? Sit down Romero? Not bring up Upton when he is healthy? Move CoJack back to first?

Also, looks like Salazar’s short stint post O-Dog injury 2.0

Oh, a third question. Can one of you experts explain how this works after the “trade deadline”

by Wactivist on Aug 11, 2008 2:51 PM EDT   0 recs

waiver wire

Not real sure how the details go on it though

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Aug 11, 2008 2:54 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Here's a helpful link about waiver trades

from one of the Padres’ front-office guys.

The Deadline Has Passed

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Aug 11, 2008 2:55 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

you rock, thanks

by Wactivist on Aug 11, 2008 2:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Thanks

Although I think Paul DePodesta did most of the rocking. I wish every team had a nuts & bolts blog like his. I’m insanely jealous of the Padres.

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Aug 11, 2008 2:59 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

ESPN

is reporting it: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3529966

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 11, 2008 2:54 PM EDT   0 recs

Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports

Has changed his mind and now is reporting the same thing.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 11, 2008 3:00 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Nothing yet

from CBS Sportsline or Yahoo Sports.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 11, 2008 3:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

XM Radio says YES

No further details, but they report its been confirmed. Dang, I just dont know what to think about this, but at least my mind is off the weekend disasters.

by Counsellmember on Aug 11, 2008 2:55 PM EDT   0 recs

We aren’t locked into him—so the salary for this year doesn’t bother me that much. I just don’t know how Melvin is gonna make this work.

by Wactivist on Aug 11, 2008 2:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I see a bunch of possibilities.

Chris young could get a break and Romero could move to center. Then Dunn would play right field.

or

Conor Jackson could move to first, Chad Tracy could move to third, Mark Reynolds could move to Second and Adam Dunn could play left field.

or

Every player could move one postion to the right (which would be close to the last thing I just wrote).

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Aug 11, 2008 3:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

or...

Dunn could play 1st and AZ could test Reynolds at 2nd.

by TAP on Aug 11, 2008 3:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Your second possiblity

was what I was thinking. Or move Tracy to right. Augie did come through for us last year though.

by DiamondbacksWIn on Aug 11, 2008 3:12 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Move Reynolds

to 2B! He played there at UVa!!

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 11, 2008 3:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Let's play lineup construction

I would presume that Dunn plays RF until Upton comes back? What happens then…

by Jim McLennan on Aug 11, 2008 3:06 PM EDT   0 recs

Like folks are saying up above … might be time to test ol’ Reynolds at second base.

Does anyone else get night terrors thinking about that? One amazing play only 5% of players could make followed by a routine grounder that gets flubbed … scary.

by Wactivist on Aug 11, 2008 3:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah, but...

Considering that Chris Burke is likely to get a decent amount of starts at second (like whenever Augie’s not playing), is there really any escaping some form of nightmare?

by Azreous on Aug 11, 2008 3:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

It could be interesting

But I think playing at second could actually reduce his errors (once he gets a few games to adjust). He’ll have a little more time to see the ball and first base will be a lot closer. It may lead to fewer bobbles and fewer errant throws to first.

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Aug 11, 2008 3:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

But how is his range to his right?

He’s shown to have decent range but the range a second baseman needs in both directions is more than I’ve seen from him at third…

by snakecharmer on Aug 11, 2008 3:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Good question

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Aug 11, 2008 3:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

He's made

a lot fewer lousy throws, it seems, as time has gone on. And a bobble made by a 2B is much less costly than made by a 3B. Generally speaking.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 11, 2008 3:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

The only "night terror"

is that Orlando Hudson is done for the year, so we don’t have a choice. We’re picking between lesser evils here.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 11, 2008 3:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Can't move CoJack

He’s found his home. Unbelievably, CY feels like the odd man out to me. How long can we play him on potential? We’ve got a division to win, here.

by Counsellmember on Aug 11, 2008 3:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I agree

I felt dirty as soon as I hit the “post” button. Besides, TAP’s suggestion makes more sense and doesn’t move so many players around.

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Aug 11, 2008 3:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Romero has shown great range

Move Romero to CF and put Dunn in right, until JUp comes back?

by snakecharmer on Aug 11, 2008 3:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

We can move CoJack back to 1B in the short term,

then have him start in LF next year over Byrnes.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 11, 2008 3:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Put Byrnes in charge of bringing snacks and juice boxes to all the games next year?

Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?

by kishi on Aug 11, 2008 4:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Let Byrnes

pitch BP?

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 11, 2008 4:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

mrskishi recommends he be given the mascot job. Seems like a perfect fit to me.

Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?

by kishi on Aug 11, 2008 4:28 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'd be worried

about his brownies. Maybe just juice boxes.

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Aug 11, 2008 4:26 PM EDT to parent up