Good day for Dunn, he goes from a last place team to a first place team.
Good day for Dunn, he goes from a last place team to a first place team.
Then why trade him? The draft picks would have been decent -- it's not like we had to trade him or get nothing for him at the end of the year. Worst case, we were going to get a couple draft picks. If Scherzer is not in the deal, I would have honestly preferred the draft picks.
Over/under on the Reds scoring 100 runs the rest of the season?
Keep in mind though, they don't need to pay the bonuses on whatever players they acquire. If they got two draft picks next year, that's a lot of money they'd have to throw around on unproven talent.
Perhaps this way Walt gets to play with money on the major league side while continuing to keep the minor league system useful for help down the road.
I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs and 4,000 hits."
-Pete Rose
Put me on the record at 3:08 PM 8/11/08 - I'd rather have the draft picks.
See ya, Dunner. Give Cincinnati and it's baseball "fans" the finger on your way out of town for all of us that still appreciate good ballplayers.
Cincinnati Reds: Farm System Champions 2022
This was inevitable. The only choice the Reds had was to offer arbitration and get two draft choices. Given how expensive (and unpredictable) high draft choices are, I can understand why the Reds preferred to go this route.
IMO, you can't look at this move in a vacuum. For the first time since the Griffey trade, the Reds are fundamentally changing their team. The Dunn/Griffey days are over and we won't be able to judge the outcome for a few years.
Anyone who trashes the Reds for this must remember that Dunn was free in about 7 weeks. The Indians traded Sabathia. The Braves traded Texiera. That's the way it goes.
On the bright side, now they don't have to hire movers to take out the clubhouse couch.
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