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標題: [謠言] A’s Pursuing Adam Dunn
時間: Sun Aug 31 21:42:56 2014
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除了我們外，巨人、躲人也想要Adam Dunn
A’s, Giants, Dodgers Pursuing Adam Dunn
By Steve Adams [August 31, 2014 at 8:34am CDT]
8:34am: The Giants, A’s and one other club are pursuing Dunn, Rosenthal
further reports (Twitter links). Oakland is indeed on Dunn’s no-trade list,
but Dunn will consider allowing a trade for a chance to win in the
postseason, he adds. Meanwhile, ESPN’s Buster Olney hears that the Dodgers
are still in discussion with the White Sox on Dunn (Twitter link).
8:31am: The Giants and A’s are both looking to make a late trade for White
Sox slugger Adam Dunn, reports Tom Verducci of SI.com. Ken Rosenthal of FOX
Sports tweets that there was a lot of chatter yesterday that Dunn could be
moved in advance of the Sept. 1 deadline for postseason eligibility.
Rosenthal also notes that Dunn has a limited no-trade clause, and while the
teams on that list aren’t known, Oakland frequently finds itself listed on
players’ no-trade clauses.
However, as Verducci notes, Dunn leads all active players in games played
without a postseason appearance, and he’s also discussed the possibility of
retiring after the season. With those factors in mind, it’s hard to imagine
Dunn blocking a trade to a team with a good chance of providing him with the
first playoff experience of his 14-year career.
Players acquired via trade after Aug. 31 are not eligible for their new team’
s postseason roster, making today somewhat of a soft trade deadline (we of
course have seen trades take place after Sept. 1). As such, it wouldn’t be a
shock to see Dunn (and/or others) on the move, and the White Sox certainly
aren’t averse to trading veterans, having just dealt Alejandro De Aza to the
Orioles last night.
While there haven’t been reports on Dunn clearing revocable trade waivers,
his $15MM salary and defensive limitations both make him a candidate to clear
waivers. If that has happened, he’s free to be dealt to any team, and that
would certainly seem to be the implication in Verducci’s article, as he
notes that the Dodgers also inquired on Dunn but aren’t considered a fit.
The “Big Donkey” is owed about $2.54MM in September, so Chicago GM Rick
Hahn could sweeten a potential trade by offering to pay some or all of Dunn’
s remaining salary.
Dunn hit his 20th homer of the season yesterday and has posted a
.220/.340/.433 batting line on the season as a whole. His platoon issues have
been building for years, and they’re very apparent in 2014, as he’s hitting
just .154/.274/.288 with two homers against southpaws and .232/.351/.457
against righties. Dunn could be used as a bench bat for the Giants and
perhaps a platoon option at DH for the A’s. Clearly, he could play a bigger
role in Oakland than in San Francisco, and for what it’s worth, John Shea of
the San Francisco Chronicle tweets that A’s GM Billy Beane has told him that
he “loves” Dunn in the past.
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