The Case For Adam Dunn

With today's signing of Oliver Perez the hole in our rotation is now complete. The bullpen has the best 1-2 punch in the league I believe with Putz and K-Rod. That being said the Mets still need to sign a everyday outfielder and another left handed specialist for the bullpen and I think the Mets will be complete and ready for the 2009 season.

We all know that Manny Ramirez is the best free agent outfielder on the market. We also know that it is going to cost money that the Mets don't want to spend in order to sign him. Last week I talked about Bobby Abreu and what he would bring to the team. This week I would like to propose Adam Dunn.

Dunn is 29 years old and has a lot of power. His career numbers are:

Year	Age	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GDP
2001	21	Cincinnati	NL	66	244	54	64	18	1	19	43	4	2	38	74	.262	.371	.578	.949	141	0	0	2	4	4
2002	22	Cincinnati	NL	158	535	84	133	28	2	26	71	19	9	128	170	.249	.400	.454	.854	243	1	3	13	9	8
2003	23	Cincinnati	NL	116	381	70	82	12	1	27	57	8	2	74	126	.215	.354	.465	.819	177	0	4	8	10	4
2004	24	Cincinnati	NL	161	568	105	151	34	0	46	102	6	1	108	195	.266	.388	.569	.957	323	0	0	11	5	8
2005	25	Cincinnati	NL	160	543	107	134	35	2	40	101	4	2	114	168	.247	.387	.540	.927	293	0	2	14	12	6
2006	26	Cincinnati	NL	160	561	99	131	24	0	40	92	7	0	112	194	.234	.365	.490	.855	275	1	3	12	6	8
2007	27	Cincinnati	NL	152	522	101	138	27	2	40	106	9	2	101	165	.264	.386	.554	.940	289	0	4	8	5	12
2008	28	CIN/ARI	NL	158	517	79	122	23	0	40	100	2	1	122	164	.236	.386	.513	.899	265	0	5	13	7	7
Totals:				1,131	3,871	699	955	201	8	278	672	59	19	797	1,256	.247	.381	.518	.899	2,006	2	21	81	58	57

The knock on Adam Dunn is that he strikes out a lot. If you look at his strike out totals for 2007 and 2008 he lowered his strikeout total. He walks a lot. In fact is you look at his walk total he draws over 100. For the last 4 seasons he had at least 40 home runs. I think he would be better in the outfield than the proposed platoon of Tatis and Murphy. Tatis last season had 59 strikeouts in 92 games played. Nobody is in the market for Dunn, he will be forced to lower his expectations.