Nats Notes: Guzman, Desmond, Carroll, Dunn

Any chance they go after Hudson?

How much money can/will they spend this offseason?

Besides nothing is going to stop the Mets from getting the O-DOG not Luis Castillo and definitely not the Nats.

Can you imagine what Dunn could net the Nats at the deadline. I guarentee he will be leading all "available" players in HR next July.

I find it VERY easy to believe that Adam "one tool" Dunn cost his teams a LOT of Runs every year on defense. Look at the stats.

Every year he was among the league leaders in Erros in LF. Errors were on balls that he either touched or were hit right at him. Where the extra Runs comes from is the balls that were hit his way and that he COULD have gone after and caught. But, instead of doing that, he would circle around them and wait for them to hit the ground and bounce. Then he would catch them and throw a lollipop back to teh infield. Sometimes when he did that the runner would take an extra base.

These extra Hits and bases forced the Reds pitchers to throw more pitches. These extra At Bats gave the opposing team more chances to score Runs.

SO, having DUnn in LF was bad for the pitchers but having King Griffey Jr in RF compounded these problems.

Is it just me or would Dunn's LHP work well in Seatle's stadium as a DH. He would really improve that lineup and allow them to keep their elite D team together while adding O.

I'd take christian Guzman for 8 mil, the guy is a great fielder and hits .280, Should give up gamel for him and move him to 3rd!

Posted by: brewsers | November 15, 2009 at 07:41 PM"

Yeah I am sure the Nats would do it too..

"If I'm the Nats I move Guzman to 2nd"
I believe they have said that is their plan.

"and get a good defensive shortstop like Adam Everitt"
If you're old enough, think Ed Brinkman.

As a Reds fan I had to watch this guy for years. I fully believe that he cost his team tons of runs. This guy is really bad in the field.

I dont think nay1 in the history of baseball has ever said Adam Dunn is a good fielder, but his bat is worth what he gives up in the field, but if he were a DH he'd be great.

For everybody who is railing on Dunn's horrid defense I have to agree with you. But so do the Nats. That is why they moved him to 1B after they traded Nick Johnson. I'm not saying Dunn will start winning gold gloves at 1B, but he played there for basically the last 2 months of the season and there wasn't much of a drop off from Johnson, who is considered a good defensive first baseman.

The Nats plan to go into spring training with Dunn as the first baseman, and he will only improve as he learns a the finer points of playing the position.

Mike Rizzo has said that one of his primary goals this off season is to lock up Dunn to a long-term contract, and it would be for him to play first base not left field. So the argument that the Nats need to trade him because of his bad defense in left doesn't really hold a lot of water.

Adam Dunn career OPS = .903

Dave Kingman career OPS = .780

'nuff said

so because their BAs and HR totals are similar, even though Dunn hit .267 last year, that means they are "equal"?

As if BA and HR are the only factors that matter when determining a players worth.

Also Kingman averaged 51 walks per season, while Dunn averages 115. There are several stats that prove Dunn is the superior offensive player.

For those who keep saying Dunn is a better player than Kingman because he draws Walks, I say NO and THAT is because of the different eras they played in.

Back in the 1970's, middle of teh order hitters were supposed to SWING THE BAT AND DRIVE IN RUNS. They were PAID to do this.

Back then, when there were runners on base or in scoring position, middle of teh order hitters were supposed to SWING at most everything so as to try and drive in Runs. THAT was because Home Runs were NOT as easy to hit as they are today.

Also, Kingman played his home games in Candle stick Park, where the wind was crazy and Home Runs were really hard to hit. So, ANY Run scoring opportunity HAD to be taken advantage of and THAT meant swinging at marginal pitches.

Finally, if the batters hitting behind Kingman were better at driving in Runs then 1) he might have Walked more and 2) THEY would be batting in the middle of the order and he would be batting lower.

So, Kingman Struck Out a lot, hit Home Runs, didn't Walk very much and had a .236 career Batting Average.

Fast forward to today where the ball parks are smaller and Home Runs are EASIER to hit.

Dunn hits his 40 Home Runs a year and Walks over 100 times BUT, he STRUGGLES to get more than 100 RBI's and struggles to score 90 Runs. This in a time where the guys hitting behind him are more powerful and ahve a better chance at driving in Rums than in Kingman's time.

So Dunn, the guy whose fans say can hit a ball out of any part of any ball park, DOESN'T do it because he will NOT swing at pitches over the outer third of the plate. He takes those pitches in hopes of getting a meat pitch he can pull for a Home Run.

Because of this approach, Dunn Strikes out a lot, Walks a lot, hits his Home Runs and has a career Batting Average of .250.

If Dunn were to take the Ryan Howard approach at the plate, that is, to expect pitches over the outer part of the plate when runners are on base and to swing at them, then he, too, would have 120+ RBI's every year.

Yes, Dunn wouldn't Walk as much BUT his RBI total would be higher and the onus of Run producing would NOT be put on hitters batting behind him lower in the order.

Jamey Carroll must have been playin for 2 teams last year on the Cleveland Indians off days Carroll must have flown to Washington and played for them on those off days.

This needs corrected Jamey Carroll has never played for Washington he played for the Cleveland Indians in 2009.