Dunn ready for new season: White Sox DH Adam Dunn said at the team's SoxFest on Saturday that he is ready to put behind him a dreadful 2011 campaign, which he batted a career-low .159. "Hopefully I’m going in this year feeling as good as I’ve felt in a long time and just ready to get started and quit talking about it," Dunn told reporters. “I thought it’d be a lot easier. I thought I’d be able to go through the offseason like ‘Whatever, it’s over,’ like I do everything else. I wasn’t quite able to do that because, for one, you couldn’t go anywhere without people like, ‘What happened? What’s wrong?’ Basically looking for me to make an excuse or something. That ain't happening. It doesn’t matter where you go, everyone is talking about [last year]. I realize that comes with that, but I really can’t wait for opening day.” (Updated 01/29/2012)
Injury Report
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Fantasy Analysis
CSN Chicago reports Dunn didn't divulge his weight, but it appeared he lost a lot, especially in his mid-section. He also has a goal of winning comeback player of the year honors in 2012. We sure hope that happens since Dunn was a 40-homer, 100-RBI threat in his prime. We all know the type of potential Dunn brings to the table, but he is coming off a very poor season, so you can't invest in him the same way you did before the 2011 season. Consider Dunn more of a late-round Fantasy option and hope you grab a Draft Day steal if Dunn returns to his previous form. (Updated 01/29/2012).
12/13/2011 11:23 Top 300 overall for 2012
Our Scott White lays out an initial Top 300 overall list for owners looking to get a jump on Draft Day next spring.
12/02/2011 21:34 Pujols, Fielder top storylines as winter meetings return to Dallas
On Sunday, baseball's winter meetings return to Dallas, where A-Rod signed that infamous $252 million deal in 2000. Scott Miller, who has the storylines, says names change, but the danger that comes with the event hasn't.
Dunn. That's more of a description than a name after the perennial 40-homer man had arguably the worst offensive season in major-league history. That sounds like an exaggeration, but it's not. In his first season in the American League, having just signed a four-year, $56 million deal in the offseason, Dunn's .569 OPS was the lowest for any player with at least 400 at-bats. You think that's bad? His .159 batting average was the lowest for any player with at least 400 at-bats in the last 100 years. And not just by a little. The next-lowest was Rob Deer's .179 mark in 1991 -- a full 20 points better. So is that it? Should you just wash your hands of Dunn in Fantasy? He's only 32, and he hit 38 homers for the Nationals in 2010. Can a player fall that far that fast? For what it's worth, Dunn said he'd up his offseason workout program, and the White Sox have determined to play him in the field more just in case his move to DH contributed to his struggles. Neither adjustment sounds like a miracle cure, but at the same time, even the remote possibility of a bounce-back season makes Dunn worth a shot with a late-round pick. Those 40-homer guys aren't so common these days. (Updated 1/11/12)
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