Adam Dunn to the Whitesox

Updated: December 2, 2010, 5:27 PM ET
Source: White Sox land Adam Dunn
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By Jerry Crasnick and Bruce Levine
ESPN.com
The Chicago White Sox have finalized a four-year, $56 million deal with free-agent slugger Adam Dunn, according to a source familiar with the situation.

The deal is pending a physical, and is not expected to be announced until at least Friday.

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Chicago general manager Kenny Williams pursued Dunn at the trade deadline in July without success. The team also spoke to Dunn's representatives at last week's general manager meetings, sources told ESPNChicago.com's Bruce Levine.

Dunn, 31, ranks second in the major leagues to Albert Pujols since 2004 with 282 home runs. He hit .260 with 38 homers and 103 RBIs for the Washington Nationals last season.

Although Dunn has expressed an interest in staying in the National League and continuing to play first base, most scouts consider him better suited to the designated hitter role at this stage of his career.

The designated hitter spot was a major concern for the White Sox last season. Manager Ozzie Guillen's DH contingent hit only 18 home runs and logged a .728 aggregate OPS.

Yea a big nats fan i know texted me this too and was very disappointed. The Nationals are using the method of subtraction by subtraction to get LOL

Glad to have the future Hall of famer on the White Sox !!!!

First thought that ran through my mind....I can bet against the Nats again.

again, am i the only unhappy white sox fan with this? Hate big strike out guys...

Defying said:

again, am i the only unhappy white sox fan with this? Hate big strike out guys...

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The last big strikeout guy that went from the Nats to Chicago was Alfonso Soriano, and that is working out great. Um, never mind.

Defying said:

again, am i the only unhappy white sox fan with this? Hate big strike out guys...

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Big Home run guy, big on base guy. Hes a guaranteed 40 bombs, not sure how you can be unhappy.

Played into the Hal of shame in 2011, was a true joke...

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/1021...r-adam-dunn-ready-to-put-2011-behind-him.html

‘One stupid year’ — Adam Dunn ready to put 2011 behind him


by daryl van schouwen

dvanschouwen@suntimes.com

Last Modified: Jan 25, 2012 02:17AM
Adam Dunn vowed he wouldn’t talk about last season once it was over. He wanted to go home to his new house near Houston and put the unfathomable .159 average and 177 strikeouts in his rearview mirror as quickly as possible.

It wasn’t that easy.

“At the end of the season, my deal was to remove myself completely from it,’’ Dunn said by telephone Tuesday, “but I found that I couldn’t. For a week and a half, I removed myself from everything, but it’s hard to remove yourself from your job. That’s your job. I didn’t do it like I thought I would do, but that’s good. I feel great. I’m fine. It’s over.’’

As painful as it was for Sox fans to watch, believe Dunn when he tells you it was worse for him. To his credit, he took the public beatings like a pro. No excuses, no hiding from the media, no finger-pointing.

As the Sox’ high hopes coincided with Dunn’s failures, there was no escaping the stunning results for one of the most prolific power hitters of all time. In 2010, Dunn batted .260 with 38 home runs, a career-high 36 doubles and 103 RBI for the Washington Nationals. Only Albert Pujols, Eddie Mathews and Ralph Kiner hit more home runs in their first 10 seasons than Dunn.

“Everything I’ve done my entire life has been discredited by one stupid year,’’ said Dunn, 32, who hit only 11 homers and drove in 42 runs in 2011. “Maybe discredited is not the word, but that’s kind of how I feel.

“I don’t want to make excuses. There are a few things that I probably look back on and say, ‘I shouldn’t have done this or that,’ a few things I probably would have done a little differently, but it’s over with. I can’t take it back. I don’t want to say anything that would sound like excuses. That’s the last thing I want because there are no excuses. I should have been able to get out of it, and I couldn’t.’’

Dunn, who had never hit during the offseason before this one, said he’s hitting four times a week.

But there’s no truth to a rumor making the rounds that Dunn will show up at SoxFest this weekend 30 pounds lighter. Dunn’s offseason workout routine hasn’t changed drastically, although he has worked out more because his new home is closer to a facility.

“I don’t stand on the scale in front of the mirror or anything like that,’’ Dunn said.

“I’ve been swinging the bat a little bit and doing things [working out] I’ve always done, just a little more. One of my buddies is a former minor-league guy who likes to go over there and see if he can still throw. I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week. Some weeks we’ll go four times; some weeks we won’t go at all.

“I just know that my body feels good. I feel healthy. I feel great. I’m ready to get back. I’m just ready to get going.’’

Dunn hasn’t spoken with new manager Robin Ventura, who figures to have the more conventional style Dunn was used to before he came to the Sox last offseason.

“I’ve never had a manager like Ozzie [Guillen],’’ Dunn said. ‘‘No one has ever had a manager like Ozzie. It’s going to be different. I don’t know how Robin is going to be, but I would imagine he’ll probably be more of a traditional manager. Not to say it was bad; it was just different. This will be something I’m more accustomed to as opposed to somebody like Ozzie, you know. There’s only one Ozzie.’’

Ventura has hinted that Dunn, who made the transition to designated hitter last season, will see more games in the field, perhaps at first base and left field. Defense is not Dunn’s strong suit, but he’ll do whatever he’s asked.

“I’m fine with whatever,’’ he said. “I’ll be ready.’’

Copyright © 2012 — Sun-Times Media, LLC

8/22/12:

Adam Dunn of the White Sox struck out in the third for a club-record 178th time, breaking the mark he set last season. Dunn fanned a career-high 199 times in 2010 with the Nationals.

- A. Dunn homered to deep center, A. Rios scored

#8 of 2013

HR 429 on the career...


Dunn's home run was his 23rd this year. He has batted .272 in June and July after a .156 average in April and May.

hes a piece of shit

will the sox be able to unload him before the trading deadline?