Tigers In Serious Talks With Adam Dunn
2:04pm: ESPN's Jerry Crasnick tweets that a source says talk about Dunn going to the Tigers is "way too premature." Detroit likes the first baseman/outfielder/DH, but they're not that far along in...
View ArticleChicago Rumors: Zambrano, Marmol, Dunn, Quentin
Carlos Zambrano has not asked for a trade and the Cubs have not asked him to waive his no-trade clause, according to Bruce Levine of ESPNChicago.com. The Cubs did meet with Zambrano’s agent, Barry...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: Dodgers, Boras, Francisco, Dunn
Links for Tuesday night, one year after the White Sox signed Omar Vizquel. One year later, the White Sox have already re-signed the 43-year-old infielder for 2011… The Dodgers are open to re-signing...
View ArticleNational League Free Agent Arbitration Offers
11 National League teams have free agent arbitration offer decisions to make, and we'll group them in this post. For a fantastic customizable chart with all 65 Type A/B free agents and their decisions...
View ArticleOlney On Dunn, Lee, Greinke, Jeter, Pena
The Rangers have money to spend and ESPN.com's Buster Olney suggests they could spend it on Adam Dunn. GM Jon Daniels could pursue Carl Crawford or another free agent if Cliff Lee signs elsewhere, but...
View ArticleDunn Seeks Four Years, $60MM
The agent for Adam Dunn is telling teams that he expects the bidding for the free agent to start at four years and $60MM, according to Yahoo’s Jeff Passan. Dunn settled for a two-year, $20MM deal the...
View ArticleNational League Free Agent Arbitration Decisions
12 National League free agents were offered arbitration on November 23rd. Four of those – Jorge de la Rosa, Jon Garland, Yorvit Torrealba, and Juan Uribe – have new contract agreements. Another three...
View ArticleA’s Did Not Meet With Adam Dunn Yesterday
3:35pm: Slusser now reports that the A's did not meet with Dunn yesterday, though they remain in the mix for his services (Twitter links). 12:13pm: Lance Berkman isn't the only slugger who met with the...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: Dunn, Pirates, Correia, Lee
Ron Santo, the longtime Cubs star and broadcaster, died overnight. Condolences to his family, friends and many fans. Here are today's links… ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick profiles Brewers manager Ron...
View ArticleWhite Sox Sign Adam Dunn
The White Sox added one of the game's most consistent sluggers today, locking Adam Dunn up to a four-year $56MM deal. The team has officially announced the deal. Dunn settled for a two-year, $20MM deal...
View ArticleWhite Sox Rumors: Fielder, Dunn, Konerko
Here's the latest on Kenny Williams' search for power bats, as the White Sox announce their deal with Adam Dunn: The White Sox discussed Prince Fielder with the Brewers before completing the Dunn deal,...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: Hardy, Punto, Dunn, Marlins, Lee
Some items to wrap up the week… The Pirates were close to a trade for J.J. Hardy on Thursday night, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com. Pittsburgh is known to have an interest in Hardy and could...
View ArticleQuick Hits: Diamondbacks, LaRoche, Pence, Young
Some links for Saturday evening as the cold weather makes its way back to the Northeast.. Diamondbacks CEO Derrick Hall told Nick Piecoro of The Arizona Republic that the team will "spend the money...
View ArticleAL Central Notes: Dunn, Knapp, Nathan
A few tidbits of note from what may be one of the more competitive and intriguing divisions in baseball in 2011 … White Sox slugger Adam Dunn suspects that his now-infamous war of words with then-Blue...
View ArticleWilliams On Dunn, Swisher, Peavy
The White Sox are 11-21, already 10.5 games behind the Indians, despite a franchise-record payroll of $126MM. Not only that, they got no-hit this week. However, the club was set to become sellers last...
View ArticleTop Interleague Acquisitions For 2011
Another round of interleague play begins tonight, so let’s take a look at some players who switched leagues last winter and are off to hot starts in 2011. Here are a few of the players thriving in new...
View ArticleWhite Sox Notes: Dunn, Williams, Guillen
White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf told Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports that he has confidence that slumping slugger Adam Dunn will go on a hot streak and help the team return to contention. Dunn leads the...
View ArticleKenny Williams Talks Dunn, Viciedo, Deadline
The Chicago Tribune's Dave van Dyck talked to White Sox GM Kenny Williams on Sunday; here are a few highlights. "I would make the same move tomorrow again," says Williams in reference to Adam Dunn's...
View ArticleAL Central Notes: Dunn, Buehrle, Tigers
Four teams are within five games of the American League Central lead. The Tigers and Indians are tied atop the division and the White Sox (4.5 games behind) and Twins (5.0 games behind) are within...
View ArticleStark On Quentin, Pirates, Braves, Indians, Reds
Another must-read column from ESPN's Jayson Stark… Stark has updated his take on Carlos Quentin's availability. He says there is "increasing evidence the White Sox are talking to several teams about...
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The Nationals’ Decision To Pass On Adam Dunn
No one, the Washington Nationals included, expected Adam Dunn to be this unproductive in 2011. The slugger, whose home run hitting ability seemed all but automatic from 2004-10, has an unexpectedly low...
View ArticleQuick Hits: Wang, Marlins, Dunn
The Nationals signed Livan Hernandez to a one-year deal worth $1MM on this date last year. He has a 4.36 ERA with 5.4 K/9, 2.3 BB/9 and 41.7% ground ball rate in 163 innings for the Nats this season –...
View ArticleChicago Notes: Guillen, Dunn, Aramis
The Cubs are vying for a prime pick in next year's draft, while the White Sox have won four in a row and sit five games back of the Tigers. The latest on Chicago's teams: The relationship between...
View ArticleQuick Hits: Chacin, Orioles, Dodgers, Ramirez
Sunday night links.. No team has been has active as the Rockies over the last five years of locking up young players long term before they reach the arbitration process and Troy Renck of The Denver...
View ArticleHeyman On Lannan, Tigers, Abreu, Zito, Dunn
Here's the latest from Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com.. The Tigers' interest in John Lannan is only lukewarm at best and one executive told Heyman (via Twitter) that American League teams are leery of...
View ArticleQuick Hits: Royals, Axford, Upton, Dunn
For two of baseball’s 30 teams, the 2012 season opens in a matter of hours. Here are the latest links from around MLB… The Royals acquired Humberto Quintero last week, but they continue looking for...
View ArticleRosenthal On Halladay, Royals, Wandy
Roy Halladay is pitching differently this year, according to pitch f/x data and team officials who spoke to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. Though Halladay remains effective, he’s relying on different...
View ArticleRosenthal On Playoff Format, Hunter, White Sox, Rays
How long will the Wild Card playoff format be a one-game elimination? The running gag among baseball executives, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com, is until the Yankees are eliminated in a...
View ArticleWhite Sox Ready To Sell; Won’t Trade Sale Or Konerko
We heard last week that the White Sox had begun to receive calls on their veteran players. Now, rival executives tell Jon Heyman of CBS Sports that the ChiSox are "open for business" and willing to...
View ArticlePlayers Who Have Cleared Waivers
MLBTR will continue to update this post as players reportedly clear revocable trade waivers, making it a running list of players that may be traded to any club in the season's final two months....
View ArticleAdam Dunn Clears Waivers
Adam Dunn has cleared waivers and is now free to be traded to any team, reports Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. As Heyman points out, Dunn clearing waivers should come as no shock, given his contract...
View ArticleAdam Dunn Considering Retirement
Adam Dunn is guaranteed $15MM next season, is within reach of notching 500 homers, and is just 33 years old. However, the White Sox slugger tells Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports says that he will consider...
View ArticleAL Central Notes: Dunn, Bonderman, Twins
Adam Dunn readily admits that he's frustrated with the White Sox's 2013 season, but at the moment, he doesn't anticipate retiring this winter, writes Dan Hayes of CSNChicago.com. “I think we went down...
View ArticlePoll: Will Adam Dunn And Paul Konerko Retire?
For most teams that aren't playoff-bound in September, the talk surrounding the club is centered on the team's future and young talent. However, the focus for White Sox fans in the last couple of days...
View ArticleQuick Hits: Young, Hawkins, Braden, Girardi
The White Sox owe it to Paul Konerko to bring him back for a final season in 2014 if the long-time first baseman wishes to keep playing, Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune opines. The Sox would have...
View ArticleCentral Notes: Aoki, Hughes, Dunn
Milwaukee's trade of Norichika Aoki to the Royals makes sense for the Brewers and for Aoki himself, MLB.com's Adam McCalvy writes. Khris Davis' emergence late last season means there won't be room for...
View ArticleRosenthal On White Sox, Johnson, Cruz
Here’s the latest from Ken Rosenthal, via a video at FOX Sports: The White Sox might prefer not to trade John Danks, who they have signed to a reasonable contract through 2016. But Adam Dunn is set to...
View ArticleA’s Closing In On Deal For Adam Dunn
9:30am: The A’s are closing in on a trade for Dunn, Olney tweets. 9:00am: The Giants are no longer a potential landing spot for Dunn, according to Olney (Twitter link). 8:45am: Rosenthal tweets that...
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Athletics Acquire Adam Dunn
3:08pm: The Athletics will pay just $1MM of the $2.3MM remaining on Dunn’s contract, Slusser tweets. 10:45am: Dunn will join the A’s tomorrow, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle tweets....
View ArticleAL West Notes: Dunn, Porter, Beimel
The balance of power in the AL West has swung heavily in the Angels’ direction after the Halos completed a four-game sweep of the Athletics on Sunday. Los Angeles now own both baseball’s best record...
View ArticleAL Notes: Rays, Dunn, Rodon, Yankees
There could finally be some movement on the new ballpark front for the Rays, according to a report from John Romano of the Tampa Bay Times. A deal is in the works between the team and the city of St....
View ArticleWest Notes: Angels, Dodgers, Wieland
So far, the best move of the July trading season has been the Angels‘ acquisition of Huston Street, ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick writes in a piece published before Street’s bad outing Friday. The acquisitions...
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Adam Dunn To “Probably” Retire After Season
OCTOBER 1: After last night’s difficult loss, Dunn said he still intends to retire but did not slam the door shut entirely, as MLB.com’s Jane Lee tweets. “That’s it probably,” he said. SEPTEMBER 1:...
View ArticleAthletics Claim Jorge De Leon, Release Adam Dunn
The Athletics have claimed righty Jorge De Leon off waivers from the Astros, the team announced on Twitter. To clear 40-man space, Oakland released Adam Dunn. Clearing Dunn from the roster was more a...
View ArticleWest Notes: Dunn, A’s, D-Backs, Zobrist, Chavez, Alonso
Adam Dunn‘s agent, Brian Peters, tells Jon Heyman of CBS Sports (Twitter link) that Dunn is indeed retiring, as was widely expected. Dunn himself said that he would retire following the season back in...
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