Adam Dunn’s Value, Mets Patch, and Torre’s Book
By Mike Silva ~ January 28th, 2009. Filed under: Digest Contributors.
The Perpetual Post has some great baseball debates over the last week. This morning I wanted to share with you some of the dialogue from the site.
Howard Megdal and Konstantin Medvedovsky debate the value of Adam Dunn in “Adam Dunn: Undervalued by Teams/Overvalued by Stat-Savvy fans”. Personally I like Dunn on a cheap one year deal. I am not as high on him as the SABR guys. If I was building a fantasy team, Adam Dunn is a stud, but from a real life standpoint he is a powerful lefty bat that can be pitched to in big situations. Think about this: Who would you rather see up with the bases loaded, two outs, and the game on the line? Adam Dunn or Bobby Abreu? I take Abreu.
Lisa Swan and Jon Lewin compare the Yankees “championship patch” vs. the Mets “bailout patch”. I am not defending Citi, but shouldn’t we blame the artist and not the team?
Lisa Swan also asks some tough questions about Joe Torre’s book: The Yankees Years. Although Lisa makes a case that some, if not all, of Torre’s claims in the book are partially his doing, I believe that there is a limit to what a manager can do. It takes a combination of a great manager, and solid peer leadership to be a champion.
January 29th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
“Think about this: Who would you rather see up with the bases loaded, two outs, and the game on the line? Adam Dunn or Bobby Abreu? I take Abreu.”
How often does this situation come up for a player in a given year? Maybe 6-7 times, maximum? C’mon, this is short term thinking for a long term game.
Also, Dunn will almost certainly have a higher OBP than Abreu, so Dunn would be a better choice in this situation regardless!!! Dunn has his shortcomings, but what is pretty clear to anyone who understands the important baseball stats is Dunn is FAR superior to Abreu, all around.