Dunn traded to DBacks

[Cyclone792]

Sad to see Dunn go. I can't wait to see the Reds start "winning" with a Padres-like offense.

Good luck, Dunn. I hope he blasts 15 home runs the rest of the season and drops a couple 1.000 OPS seasons on MLB the next few years. The Reds will deserve it.

[Roy Tucker]

So who the heck is going to play the OF for the rest of 2008?

[Ltlabner]

soft-tossing, innings-eating warrior.

Not exactly the kind of write up I'd hoped to hear regarding the cornerstone of a deal for Dunn.

News on the other two guys? How about now? Now? How about now?

[Ron Madden]

I'm afraid Walt Joketty has made a huge mistake.

I'm very disappointed.

[TeamBoone]

Makes me sick to my stomach. A few goosebumps too (and not in a good way).

[RedlegJake]

I could see this franchise losing 100 games next year.

I'm not ready to proclaim that yet. Walt has a winter ahead of him to rebuild thngs, a lot of FAs that he can dump, another slot open by cutting Ross. Jocketty can say what he wants publicly this is going to be a rebuild job. And he might just get it done quicker than anyone thinks.

[*BaseClogger*]

Guys, we weren't gonna get much of a return for a month and a half for Dunn, but why didn't Walt just take the picks if he is gonna get 2 PTBNL?

[cumberlandreds]

my guess is that PTBNLs are likely on 40 man roster, and Reds will wait for them to clear waivers.

link to Dbacks 40 man:

http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/...n.jsp?c_id=ari

Hey! I see Coutlangus on their roster. Maybe he makes a Reds return.

[cincrazy]

People whine, and whine, and whine that the Reds don't rebuild, they go into every year trying to unrealistically win, etc. etc. etc. Now they're TRYING to rebuild, and taking the necessary steps to do that, and people complain again. Walt's in a lose-lose situation.

[KronoRed]

I don't think Dunn's value around the league is what many on this board think it is.

Sad that a lot of GM's around baseball are stuck in the wrong mind set.

[RedsBaron]

They better not lose again, I read on this here board 5000 times that Dunn and JR were what was wrong with the team, undefeated from now on

Based on some of the posts I've read, I now assume the Reds will go 43-0 the rest of the way. Post-season, here we come!

[RedlegJake]

Makes me sick to my stomach. A few goosebumps too (and not in a good way).

I feel just the opposite. Its makes me nervous and excited in a good way.

[traderumor]

For all those looking for a tear down for lo these many years, the wrecking ball has just hit the old cornerstone.

[nate]

I will second (or maybe third, fourth, 10th) what others have said... Max Scherzer better be in this deal. Otherwise, I don't like it one bit.

Just kills me that we finally traded Dunn and we don't even know exactly what we're getting back. I also wonder if they were close to a deal before the trading "deadline" (too bad all deadlines aren't this loose) or if this just popped up this week. I have to think they had discussions about this before today/yesterday.

And let me repeat: Scherzer better be in this deal!

I don't know if that's likely.

[OnBaseMachine]

At least one of these guys have to be in the deal for it to be considered a decent return: Max Scherzer, Micah Owings, Jarrod Parker, or Miguel Montero.