With many of the larger names on the trading block falling by the wayside due to injury, Nationals’ slugger Adam Dunn continues to be the league’s hot commodity.
Dunn has been on fire this season, hitting .281 with 63 RBIs and slugging 23 home runs (good for fourth best in the MLB).
Although we’d hate to see the Big Donkey leave Southeast, Dunn’s skill set would be suitable and attractive to any team looking to add some wood to their lineup. However, Dunn has expressed his interest in staying with the Nationals as his representatives continue to work on a long-term deal.
“It’s very easy for me to block it out,” Dunn said. “I understand it’s my career, but the options are pretty good. I stay where I want to stay, or I go and probably get a chance to play for a World Series, definitely in a pennant race. That’s two pretty awesome options. I’m in a win-win situation.”
Dunn also explained his frustration of the no-deal in progress. “If you’d asked me three months ago if I thought we would have a deal worked out, absolutely,” Dunn said. “But again, that’s the business side where I don’t even want to get involved in. I don’t know what’s going to happen.”
ESPN’s senior baseball analyst Buster Olney tweeted today that he wouldn’t be surprised to see the New York Yankees throw a few offers towards the Nats’ front office in hopes of acquiring Dunn.
“Pure Speculation,” Olney wrote. “But the Yankees think big and strike fast.”
With all hopes of Big Donkey continuing to rip the leather off of balls at Nationals’ Park, it’s good to know that Dunn may love us too.
“That’s the reason why I wanted to come here,” Dunn said. “I could have went somewhere that was already winning. Who cares? So what? I want to turn something around and be part of something special.
“The goal is to win, man, and we’re not winning here. But I wouldn’t be doing all this if I didn’t think we were going to be really good, really soon. If that’s the case, ‘Okay, I want out of here.’ I don’t. I know where we’re fixing to get. I know next year how much better we’re going to be. I’ve already been stuck here with 100 losses. I want to win 100 here.”
Special Thanks to: Adam Kilgore of The Washington Post, author of Nationals Journal
Read more MLB news on BleacherReport.com
- Login to post comments