I found this else where and don't claim it to be mine:
Thru Dunn's last AB he is now hitting .230 for the season. Recall Dunn had a 14 game hot streak from May 14-May 29 where he went 18 for 43 for a verrrrry nice .418 BA with 8 homeruns. However, what was the price you paid for that 2 week hot streak?? Alas.....
In the other 50 games Dunn has appeared in this year (prior to and directly subsequent to his hot streak) dunn is 28 for 157 for a .178 BA with 6 homeruns. For 78% Dunn's games the Reds have had a .178 BA hitter starting in LF and hitting 4/5/6 in the batting order.
Now here it gets really alarming. For those of you who hang your hat on Dunn's 40/100/100 benchmarks and contend "he is the most productive hitter" and that "you can't replace his 40/100/100"... well you all will be happy to know that DUNN IS STILL ON PACE FOR HIS 40/100/100. AS AWFUL as he has been this season game to game this year he is STILL on pace overall for his 40/100/100.
If he continues at his current pace he'll end up with ~38 HRs and 98 RBIs. And this all without being on pace to play his usual 160+ games..........
The FACT is 40/100/100 is not what it might seem on the surface. The fact that Dunn can still be on pace for those numbers while being a .178 hitter for ~80% of the season this year speaks to how the nature of a 162 game season allows players to accumulate season totals which are not necessarily reflective of a player's game to game productivity. Game to game Dunn has been arguably along with Corey Patterson the least productive hitter in the lineup.
Baseball history hasn't seen many players like Dunn (thankfully). And if anything positive comes out of the "Dunn era" maybe the baseball stat experts will recognize that new statistical measures are in fact required to more accurately capture the contributions (lack thereof) of a player like Dunn.
You don't win pennants for "accumulating bases". You win pennants by winning "games" day in day out - as many as possible. Building around a hot/cold streaky guy like Dunn perpetuates the inconsistency which has plagued this team for years. As has been the case for 5+ years now, the first step to the Reds having a chance to become a winning team is to send the donkey packing....