Washington Nationals want Gordon Beckham for Adam Dunn

Gregor:

[Adam] Dunn, who is a free agent at the end of the season, recently told the [Washington] Post he has no interest in being a designated hitter, his likely role with the White Sox if a trade did go down.”One hundred percent,” Dunn said. “There’s no doubt about that. I think everyone pretty much knows that’s something I don’t want to do at this point in time of my career. In four, five years down the road, maybe. As of right now, no.”

So that’s one potential snag in a potential trade. There is another one as well – one source said the Nationals would want Gordon Beckham for Dunn.

White Sox scouting Adam Dunn

Ozzie says everything’s cool:

While it’s unlike Williams to leave fingerprints on a possible trade target, the market on Dunn seems to be escalating quickly. Enough so that the Washington media was reporting that the Sox even had a scout at Tuesday night’s game between the Nats and the Braves in Atlanta.

Guillen, however, was all for standing pat.

“Not right now,” the Sox manager replied, when asked about adding to the product. “We need them to keep playing the way they are. I don’t think right now we’re desperate for anything. We’re fine where we are. We’ll see, maybe later on down we’ll need somebody, maybe not.”

Draft pick stats: C Jose Ramos (20th round), OF Jordan Keegan (24th round)

Pick	Round	Player	School	Pos	B/T	Ht	Wt	DOB	Class
608	20	Ramos, Jose	Western Oklahoma St Col	C	R/R	5’11″	190	1987-07-19	J2
728	24	Keegan, Jordan	Col of Southern Nevada	OF	L/L	6’00″	180	1989-12-23	J2

C Jose Ramos (20th round):

Year	GP	GS	AVG	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	SLG%	BB	HBP	SO	GDP	OB%	SF	SH	SB	SBA
2010	51		0.366	164	52	60	17	3	11	53	116	0.707	7	8	24		0.419	0	1	6	6
2009	46	40	0.321	140	21	45	6	2	11	38	88	0.629	12	6	27	0	0.394	2	0	2	2
2008	7	0	0.067	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.067	0	0	4	0	0.067	0	0	0

OF Jordan Keegan (24th round):

Player	avg	gp-gs	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	tb	slg%	bb	hbp	so	gdp	ob%	sf	sh	sb-att	po	a	e	fld%
2009	.310	48-37	116	22	36	7	2	2	24	53	.457	16	2	12	5	.403	0	5	5-8	33	3	2	.947

Keegan isn’t not in the 2010 roster/stats.

Why did you listen to Ozzie, Kenny? Why?

JJ looks at what it will take to land Adam Dunn:

Granted, getting Dunn would probably mean parting with one good prospect and another marginal one. Cowley points out that Brent Morel isn’t a fit with Washington thanks to Ryan Zimmerman, but I have to wonder if Dayan Viciedo would interest the Nats. Viciedo should ultimately will end up a first baseman, and while the Nationals do have a first base prospect in Double-A, Viciedo could provide a more immediate impact.

The elephant in the room is Dan Hudson, who I would hate to see the Sox trade for a half-year rental player. In fact, there really aren’t a whole lot of circumstances in which I’d be okay with the Sox trading Hudson.

Kenny, you screwed up. If you had not listen to Ozzie and signed Jim Thome in the off-season, you wouldn’t be in a situation where you have to give up 6 years of Dan Hudson (or Flowers) for 2-3 months of Adam Dunn. And what did Big Jim sign for? $1.5 million. You gave $1.5 million to Mark Kotsay. Hell, you gave $14 million to Mark Teahen. Losing Dan Hudson for $1.5 million. That would suck…

Kenny Williams targeting Adam Dunn?

Kenny wants a left-handed bat:

According to multiple sources, Williams has been acting on his list in the last week, specifically targeting the Washington Nationals’ Adam Dunn.

”Names have been talked about by both sides,” one source said. ”[Williams] might want to act quickly, though.”

Dunn’s name has gained steam in the rumor mill, with the Nationals now willing to part ways with their free-agent-to-be first baseman and try to build a talented group of young arms around pitching phenom Stephen Strasburg.

Stats: B-R, FG

Look at the BB%. Did Dunn develop an allergy to walks?