With .163 Average, Adam Dunn No Longer Considered A Baseball Player

As sad as this is, it makes me feel a little better about how many starts Butera's gotten. He's got a "player"-worthy .170 average, to Dunn's (now) .161 average. At least we're not paying Butera $12M.

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getting less for your money ? mauer or dunn?

by tctwin on Aug 12, 2011 5:34 PM EDT reply actions

Mauer will return to being an elite player, one of the very best in the game (top 2 IMO overall)...

next year, when healthy.

Dunn, jury’s out. But he’s never been a top 30 player in the game overall in his time.

by DJSkillz on Aug 13, 2011 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions

Dunn, absolutely

Mauer at least had a half-season of injuries to deal with. Dunn has no excuse. A typical NL hitter flaming out in the Bigs.

And I still don’t buy treating the Mendoza line as a benchmark of success for a hitter. Butera doesn’t belong in the bigs. Not if he was the ‘best’ defensive catcher in baseball. And he isn’t.

by Shawn Gillogly on Aug 12, 2011 6:30 PM EDT reply actions

The Mendoza line

is supposedly the lowest batting average you can have where good defense is enough of an excuse to keep you up.

Butera at least has defense. But have you seen Dunn play first base?

by spanspanspan on Aug 12, 2011 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions

I never really saw it as a benchmark for success.

More of a threshold to acceptability.

"...and we'll see ya tomorrow night!" - Jack Buck, Game 6, 1991 World Series

by WindyCityTwinsFan on Aug 13, 2011 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions

I could see this coming, funny White Sox didn't

Dunn has always had high power/low batting average, but seemed to me he had been declining before the White Sox even got him. I kinda laughed when they signed him, even.

I remember before the season started, talking with my Mom about how many commentators thought the White Sox wou8ld win the ALC. “Why do they think this Mom? Because they got Adam Dunn and Jesse Crain!?!” and we laughed.

Of course, joke’s on us now that the 2011 Twins season has unfolded… but still.

"It happened in the moment, and it happened." - Carlos Gomez

by myjah on Aug 13, 2011 2:37 PM EDT reply actions