Adam Dunn Doesn't Want To Play Baseball Next Season

by Jeff Sullivan on Jan 13, 2009 6:23 PM PST in Seattle Mariners Stats

Via one source, we have Dunn seeking four years and a whole lot of money, and via another, we have Dunn wanting to remain in the outfield. Which I think gives JP Ricciardi a little more ammo.

Somehow I don't see this one working out very well. If Dunn wants to have a job in 2009, something's gotta give, because while Jim Bowden's always capable of doing something crazy, this just isn't the right market in which to make these kinds of requests. Sorry, Adam, but everyone's on to your type. Methinks it's high time you settle.

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That title

Is somewhat misleading. I thought it would be about how he would take a year off. Still, he needs to give in, no question is that.

He is much better suited for a 1B/DH role, and needs to realize it quickly.

-Zach Sanders
http://www.mlbnotebook.com

by mlbnotebook on Jan 13, 2009 6:41 PM PST reply actions

Way to get the joke.

by Aaron Campeau on Jan 13, 2009 6:43 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs

Title makes sense to me.

Dunn wants a 4-year $56 Million contract AND he wants to play the outfield?

In this market (which has already been set for his type)?

I mean, really?

by ThundaPC on Jan 13, 2009 6:59 PM PST up reply actions

kinda hard

when you haven’t read the post yet. Once I read it I understood completely.

-Zach Sanders
http://www.mlbnotebook.com

by mlbnotebook on Jan 13, 2009 6:52 PM PST reply actions

Read then comment

by JI on Jan 13, 2009 7:11 PM PST up reply actions

Come on guys...

…go easy on mlbn. His point is quite valid. You don’t have a lot of context immediately available when reading an RSS feed’s title. Not saying the title wasn’t ingenious, because it was – I wouldn’t have it changed much if at all.

Also, Dunn either needs a better agent (Ibanez’s?), or knows something we don’t.

Visiting Mariners' fan

by KingCorran on Jan 13, 2009 7:59 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs

Dunn and Mike Young should form their own traveling comedy show.

by JI on Jan 13, 2009 7:12 PM PST reply actions

Young & Dunn

Maybe they could travel to each MLB city and get laughs when they demand what they want to each franchise’s GM.

Seriously though, why haven’t the Royals, or maybe the Nationals jumped at this yet? Seems like something one of those teams would do.

I would like Dunn as DH here, but with our new smart GM and staff, it probably won’t happen for the money he was commanding.

by Fin on Jan 13, 2009 7:39 PM PST up reply actions

With opening act Josh Fields

Stop The Wave!

by ConorGlassey on Jan 13, 2009 8:00 PM PST up reply actions

Well played

by JI on Jan 13, 2009 8:09 PM PST up reply actions

Raul can join them

and the three of them could put together a comedy routine regarding defense in baseball.

Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all

by baetown415 on Jan 13, 2009 10:48 PM PST up reply actions

You'll need to find a place for Yuni too.

Maybe he and Young can have a routine called “the most overrated shortstops in baseball”.

by Fin on Jan 13, 2009 11:04 PM PST up reply actions

These are the guys the DH was made for!

Adam Dunn, Manny, Raul etc. etc. The DH was made for guys like this. Stop being selfish players and think about what is good for the team you play for.
Someone, a family member, a coach, their agent, should sit them down and tell them the truth. “You can’t play the outfield. Let’s get you a DH job.”
Someday when all the GMs stop hiring these types of players. The players will have to put their egos aside and do what is best for their team.

Sorry that is me as an angry fan talking; not me, as a psychologist in training.

Dunn wont sit out the year but he will be pissed when the only offers he gets are so below his desires. Reality is harsh. I am sure he will just push it to external reasons and not face the reality he is horrible at playing the field.

by mark sobba on Jan 13, 2009 8:11 PM PST reply actions

Its not his fault if teams let him play in the field

Its the retarded teams who undervalue defense.

by Edgar for Pres on Jan 13, 2009 9:05 PM PST up reply actions

Can the Mariners, or Angels, or...

one of you west coast teams please sign Dunn before DC runs out of excuses to keep Jim Bowden from doing it…Please?

-federalbaseball

"Nothin' wrong with my leg, I'm just B-boy limpin'" - MCA

by Patrick Reddington on Jan 13, 2009 8:35 PM PST reply actions

Sorry, you are asking the wrong team to take shitty players off the market for bloated salaries.

I think KC still does this. And Anaheim, I mean LAAAAAA, is probably desperate.

by Fin on Jan 13, 2009 9:41 PM PST up reply actions

Angels are your best bet.

And I don’t think they’re even interested. Mariners grew brains over the fall. Oakland is already going the Giambi route.

You might be screwed.

by ThundaPC on Jan 13, 2009 10:00 PM PST up reply actions

I wonder if they spend so much on Dunn...

…That they might have to pass on Strasburg MUAHAHAHA!

BOOYA! You got Slurved!

by Slurvey on Jan 13, 2009 10:07 PM PST up reply actions

If DC had $160-$170M to offer Teixeira...

…they’d better have enough to sign Strasburg…now to convince him it’s okay to play for the Nationals…

"Nothin' wrong with my leg, I'm just B-boy limpin'" - MCA

by Patrick Reddington on Jan 13, 2009 10:10 PM PST up reply actions

Maybe he'll pull an Eli Manning and end up with the Yankees.

by Fin on Jan 13, 2009 10:32 PM PST up reply actions

Holy crap the Yankees signed Eli Manning?

They got EVERYBODY this offseason.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Jan 14, 2009 9:25 AM PST up reply actions

They were weak at QB so they had to do it

They’re going after Chris Paul next because they need a shooter.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Jan 14, 2009 9:26 AM PST up reply actions

And after that

Christiano Ronaldo for ‘person to be kicked repeatedly in the groin’

by Graham MacAree on Jan 14, 2009 9:30 AM PST up reply actions

Or as a batting tee

and if the batter accidentally makes contact with CR’s head instead of the ball…oh well.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Jan 14, 2009 9:33 AM PST up reply actions

A rival executive told FOXSports.com’s Ken Rosenthal that the Red Sox have some interest in Adam Dunn.
Can he catch a knuckleball? It made a lot of sense for the Red Sox to find a place for Mark Teixeira, but putting Dunn at first base, Kevin Youkilis at third and trading Mike Lowell might not be much more than a wash, considering the loss of defense.

by Goose on Jan 14, 2009 10:43 AM PST reply actions