Yesterday the Dbacks announced that they would not offer arbitration to home run hitting/strike out swinging/no defense playing left fielder Adam Dunn. The move effectively puts an end to both the Adam Dunn and Micah Owings eras in Arizona as the team that signs Dunn would not be responsible for sending any draft picks to the Snakes as compensation. The reasoning behind the move is that there is less of a chance that another team would be willing to sign Dunn and thus a more likely chance that he would accept arbitration. This means that Dunn could cost the Snakes $16-$18MM if he were to win his arbitration case. This was deemed unacceptable in this economy so they passed.
I’m not sure what the long term effects of this deal will be since we have to wait and see how the prospects develop for the Reds. But the Snakes definitely did not prosper from this trade. They rented a player for a few months that cost them more in that time than Chris Young, Justin Upton, and Stephen Drew combined. They failed to make the playoffs and gave up minor leaguers for a guy who won’t even net them any draft picks. Let’s go ahead and chalk this up as another failed move by Josh Byrnes. We’ll place it atop the pile with the Eric Byrnes deal (3 years/$30MM????) and Carlos Quentin trade (eff that dude).
The Snakes did offer arbitration to Juan Cruz, Orlando Hudson and Brandon Lyon. Cruz and Hudson are considered class A free agents and will net them two picks if they decline arbitration and are signed by another team.
They should sign Barry Bonds!
How do they just give up on a future Hall of Famer?
/statheads
Dbacks are stupid well take him on the southside to replace Thome when hes done.
seems like a waste not even to offer arbitration to get the picks. he would only have til sunday to accept (i think), then AZ would get picks. no way he takes that while waiting on other offers in my opinion.
Who’s gonna offer him a contract, though?
Even if he did take it, it is for one year…they really can’t handle one big money year?
The Snakes don’t want him and they definitely don’t want to risk payong him $18MM with the Panda coming back to LF. This was mismanaged.
But I thought Dunn was so wonderful? Why would a club not want him?
Supposedly the Nationals want him. I find that fact funny.
i guess i dont get why you wouldnt offer him. some other notables such as pat burrell and bobby abreu didnt either
i bet dunn would crush a golf ball.
I get the Abreu one with the Yankees only because they have 3 other guys who would say yes to arbitration as well and kill their flexibility and they get their first and second round picks back from last year with both guys not signing
Extra Stiff Shaft
yea…he’d rip a normal shaft in half.
I bet dunn would eat about 3 dozen golf balls thinking they were hard boiled eggs.
Bowden looooooves Dunn more than Rex (may he RIP) loves cougars. Always has.
i bet dunn would keep eating them after he found out they were golf balls.