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02-12-2009, 12:12 AM
Dunn is reunited with Lexington's Austin Kearns with the Washington Nationals
ESPN.com
The Washington Nationals and Adam Dunn have agreed to a two-year contract, according to ESPN.com's Amy K. Nelson.
Dunn
The deal is worth $20 million, ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney is reporting. It could be announced as early as Thursday, according to multiple reports.
Dunn, 29, hit .236 with 40 home runs and 100 RBIs with the Arizona Diamondbacks and Cincinnati Reds last season.
Dunn has hit at least 40 home runs each of the past five seasons. In 1,131 games, Dunn has 278 home runs.
The 2008 Nationals hit 117 homers as a team -- ranking 15th of 16 NL teams -- while finishing with the worst record in the major leagues at 59-102.
Dunn called pals Ryan Zimmerman and Austin Kearns to deliver the news: They'll soon be teammates.
"He's an obvious power hitter and someone who can hit in the middle of the order, drive guys in, hit home runs," Zimmerman said by telephone from Florida. "He's something that we haven't really had consistently. It's exciting, and it makes us better."
After pursuing first baseman Mark Teixeira until he signed with the Yankees, the Nationals had not managed to add a slugger or make a truly significant offseason move -- until now.
The 29-year-old Dunn, who can play the outfield or first base and is a left-handed batter, has a .247 average with 278 homers and 672 RBIs over his career. The 6-foot-6, 240-pound Dunn also has a .381 on-base percentage and last year led the NL in walks with 122.
It's the latest example of Nationals general manager Jim Bowden bringing one of his former Cincinnati Reds players to Washington, a list that includes Kearns, Ryan Wagner, Aaron Boone, Wily Mo Pena and Dmitri Young. When he was the Reds' GM, Bowden drafted Dunn in the second round of the 1998 amateur draft.
ESPN.com
The Washington Nationals and Adam Dunn have agreed to a two-year contract, according to ESPN.com's Amy K. Nelson.
Dunn
The deal is worth $20 million, ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney is reporting. It could be announced as early as Thursday, according to multiple reports.
Dunn, 29, hit .236 with 40 home runs and 100 RBIs with the Arizona Diamondbacks and Cincinnati Reds last season.
Dunn has hit at least 40 home runs each of the past five seasons. In 1,131 games, Dunn has 278 home runs.
The 2008 Nationals hit 117 homers as a team -- ranking 15th of 16 NL teams -- while finishing with the worst record in the major leagues at 59-102.
Dunn called pals Ryan Zimmerman and Austin Kearns to deliver the news: They'll soon be teammates.
"He's an obvious power hitter and someone who can hit in the middle of the order, drive guys in, hit home runs," Zimmerman said by telephone from Florida. "He's something that we haven't really had consistently. It's exciting, and it makes us better."
After pursuing first baseman Mark Teixeira until he signed with the Yankees, the Nationals had not managed to add a slugger or make a truly significant offseason move -- until now.
The 29-year-old Dunn, who can play the outfield or first base and is a left-handed batter, has a .247 average with 278 homers and 672 RBIs over his career. The 6-foot-6, 240-pound Dunn also has a .381 on-base percentage and last year led the NL in walks with 122.
It's the latest example of Nationals general manager Jim Bowden bringing one of his former Cincinnati Reds players to Washington, a list that includes Kearns, Ryan Wagner, Aaron Boone, Wily Mo Pena and Dmitri Young. When he was the Reds' GM, Bowden drafted Dunn in the second round of the 1998 amateur draft.
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02-12-2009, 01:18 AM
Dunn and Kearns were also roommates in the Minors together during their brief stints. Glad to see he landed with someone, I'm going to miss seeing him in the Reds uniform. When the Reds traded him last year I thought it was a dumb move because there wasn't someone in the lineup that was a home run threat each time at the plate...plus the fact they were getting rid of someone that is always a 40HR/100RBI. Wish him all the best in D.C.
02-12-2009, 08:21 AM
I hope Washington can have a good season.
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