If you have ESPN Insider, this link was sent from the heavens. I won't paste the entire article, but I'll go ahead and hook you up with some of it.

 

http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/blog?name=o...&id=5878412

 

Some of the numbers on Dunn, from Mark Simon of ESPN Stats & Information:

 

The players who've hit the most homers, since 2004:

 

Albert Pujols: 294

Adam Dunn: 282

Alex Rodriguez: 268

David Ortiz: 260

Ryan Howard: 253

 

And the most consecutive seasons of 38-plus home runs, all time:

 

Rafael Palmeiro: 9, 1995-2003

Adam Dunn: 7, 2004-2010

Babe Ruth: 7, 1926-1932

 

Isolated Power is a metric that looks strictly at a player's ability to get power hits (doubles, triples, homers). Basically it's extra bases per at-bat (slugging percentage without the singles). Dunn rated consistently among the best in the NL in this stat. Here are his numbers over the past seven seasons:

 

2010: .276 (T-2nd)

2009: .262 (8th)

2008: .277 (4th)

2007: .289 (3rd)

2006: .257 (1st)

2005: .293 (3rd)

2004: .303 (5th)

 

Over the past seven seasons, only Ichiro has played more games and only Pujols has hit more home runs than Dunn. During that time he has the most strikeouts AND the most walks in the majors. Where Dunn ranks across MLB in parentheses:

 

Games: 1,108 (2nd)

HR: 282 (2nd)

K: 1,262 (1st)

BB: 750 (1st)

 

And where the White Sox ranked at DH last year:

 

OBP: .332 (9th)

Slug pct: .396 (9th)

HR: 18 (10th)

BB: 65 (9th)

 

And a look at Dunn's numbers from 2010 compared to where he would have ranked (in parentheses) had his primary position been DH:

 

OBP: .356 (7th)

Slug pct: .536 (2nd)

HR: 38 (1st)

RBI: 103 (2nd)

 

Not only was Dunn one of the most prolific home run hitters last season, ranking second in the NL with 38 homers, but his homers were consistently also among the longest. According to Hittracker, his 38 homers traveled an average of 411 feet, the fourth-highest true distance average among players with at least 20 homers last season. He also hit the third-longest homer last season, a 479-foot shot Sept. 14 at Turner Field. Here's how his average shot stacks up:

 

Josh Hamilton: 421

Mark Reynolds: 416

Carlos Gonzalez: 415

Adam Dunn: 411

Troy Tulowitzki: 410

 

The fact the White Sox gave Dunn a four-year contract is somewhat surprising and uncharacteristic of the team based on their history with free agent contracts. Dunn's four-year contract would be just the 16th free-agent contract of four or more years given out by the White Sox since the 1990-91 offseason. The White Sox are one of five teams to have given out 15 or fewer contracts of four-plus years since then. These teams have given the fewest since 1990-91, excluding Dunn's deal:

 

Twins: 13

Marlins: 14

White Sox: 15

Brewers: 15

Tigers: 15

Edited December 3, 201015 yr by Steve9347

If you have ESPN Insider, this link was sent from the heavens. I won't paste the entire article, but I'll go ahead and hook you up with some of it.

 

http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/blog?name=o...&id=5878412

So what you're saying is that Dunn is an upgrade from Kotsay?

So what you're saying is that Dunn is an upgrade from Kotsay?

Slight upgrade.

Slight upgrade.

You guys obviously aren't taking into consideration Kotsay's leadership. He ass-patted with the best of them.

Looks like KW found his other $0.50

Deal is official.

 

 

Big Donkey, welcome to the Southside.

Is his nick name really Big Donkey? Donkey Kong is just TOO perfect.

OK, since I'm too lazy to look it up in this monster thread....what are we looking at, payroll wise? I'm assuming the hopes are that we find a way to get PK back at first, and say goodbye to Jenks.

Does anyone realize how much this guy sucks with runners in scoring position?? Isn't that a big indicator of how good a hitter really is?

OK, since I'm too lazy to look it up in this monster thread....what are we looking at, payroll wise? I'm assuming the hopes are that we find a way to get PK back at first, and say goodbye to Jenks.

 

They're close to $100 million now, and that's before Quentin, Danks, and Pena. If they sign Konerko, they'll be around $120-$125 . Big-city baseball team.

Edited December 3, 201015 yr by flavum

Also, do we think he'll buy Jake Peavy's number?

I think Dunn takes #45. Hopefully he'll hit that many homers too.

Also, do we think he'll buy Jake Peavy's number?

He'll probably do what Rios did and just reverse the numbers.

Edited December 3, 201015 yr by pittshoganerkoff

He'll probably do what Rios did and just reverse the numbers.

 

Also, do we think he'll buy Jake Peavy's number?

 

He took #32 with AZ...

Now sign Konerko! Big Donkey Kong!

Anybody know if the press conference is televised?

2pm on CSN

Does anyone realize how much this guy sucks with runners in scoring position?? Isn't that a big indicator of how good a hitter really is?

He has a career .902 OPS overall, and a career .890 OPS with RISP.

 

He had a bad year with RISP in 2010 and a great year in 2009. So yeah, that's an indicator of how good of a hitter he really is.

2pm on CSN

 

That's what I thought. Thanks.

He has a career .902 OPS overall, and a career .890 OPS with RISP.

 

He had a bad year with RISP in 2010 and a great year in 2009. So yeah, that's an indicator of how good of a hitter he really is.

 

The only indicator if how good a hitter is couldn't be more simple - does he lead to runs?

Dunn? - YES

Does anyone realize how much this guy sucks with runners in scoring position?? Isn't that a big indicator of how good a hitter really is?

 

.231/.411/.478/.890 for his career

 

No I was not aware of something that is not true

.231/.411/.478/.890 for his career

 

No I was not aware of something that is not true

The minute Adam Dunn steps up to the plate, he's in a scoring position. That's all that matters.

The minute Adam Dunn steps up to the plate, he's in a scoring position. That's all that matters.

 

Who ever hits in front of him is gonna owe the guy his next contract.

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