Dunn, his contract, and the trading deadline
From Foxsports.com:
Reds left fielder Adam Dunn lacks a no-trade clause, but his contract includes a provision that grants him his own form of protection, effectively allowing him to determine his own fate.
If Dunn is traded, his $13 million club option for ‘08 will be voided, making him a free agent at the end of the season, according to a source with knowledge of his contract.Thus, any team that acquired him likely would request a negotiating window to sign him long-term, rather than simply rent him for two or three months.
If the Reds keep Dunn and exercise his option after the season, he will gain full no-trade protection until next June 15. After that date, he could be traded to 10 clubs, but the list would be of his own choosing.
Very interesting contract by Dunn’s agent. It essentially makes him difficult to trade before the deadline as I would think an extension of the size we’re talking about would be difficult to work out within that window.
And if the Reds don’t trade him before the end of the season, he’d be very difficult to trade next year, as he has control over the process.
May 28th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Unless the Reds exercise the $13M club option at the end of this season, Dunn gets a $500,000 buyout and is a FA. ( I made a mistake about this in an earlier thread. I thought that 2008 was his walk year and the option was for 2009.)
I think the Reds’ best move will be to exercise the option and then try to move him in the off season, if moving him is their plan. The $13M isn’t going to phase a team like the Angels, who could use his bat at DH. And whoever gets Dunn will have a season to work on a contract extension.
Of course, the Reds could exercise their option and keep him and he would be something of a bargain in the current market. And the rest of us could get the added benefit of watching him drive Marty and the rest of the “Adam Dunn is Dave Kingman” fan base batsh*t.
May 28th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
I still think he’ll be traded before July 31. I think a deal will get done.
May 28th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Except if they keep him after the season, he has a no-trade until June 15th and then can pick which 10 teams he’d be willing to go to after that.
May 28th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Any team that wants him bad enough probably wouldn’t have a tough time working out the contract details.
I agree w/ Chad. I’ll be surprised if he’s here much longer.
May 28th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Especially since Krivsky likely under-values him.
May 28th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
What could they get for Dunn at this point? He’s worth a lot of money and he obviously has a skill set that is somewhat exclusive. On a team like the Angels, his OBP would be worth a lot because he could walk and actually have guys to get him around, unlike here, where he has to hit. What do people think? High end prospects? A mid rotation starter? Howie Kendrick and Francisco Rodriguez? We can hope.
May 28th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
I dont think we would get Kendrick or Rodriguez for Dunn, much less both of them. Why would some team give up so much for half a season worth of Adam Dunn? Maybe I overestimate how dumb other teams are, but I know I surely wouldnt give up something as valuable as either of those players for half a season of a lot of people, including Dunn.
May 28th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
Re doug: Would you give up two starters for some broken relievers? Just sayin’ :roll:
It’s probably safe to assume other teams wouldn’t give up something that valuable…
May 29th, 2007 at 9:30 am
You do not trade adam dunn. Don’t make a mistake, Krivsky/Reds FO. This is critical. Build around him. He is part of the solution by being here. Not part of the problem.
May 29th, 2007 at 11:51 am
Maybe this is wishful thinking, but the way the contract is structured to make it hard to move him makes me hopeful that he wants to stay in Cincinnati. I suppose that would drudge up the old discussion about AD provides enough to make it worthwhile for a small-market club to commit the dollars it would take to get him to sign an extension. And if similar stipulations making it hard to move him were in any future contract extensions the Reds would effectively being putting a large amount of eggs in the AD basket. Tough call.
May 29th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
How do you know Krivsky undervalues him? I have not seen him say anything close to that?????
May 29th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
I don’t know that he undervalues him; that’s why I said “likely.” It’s just my opinion that a majority of front offices in baseball undervalue Dunn’s particular skill set. It’s not limited to Krivsky, by any means.
Plus, we have some evidence of Krivsky undervaluing certain assets (and overvaluing others).
Certainly, however, I could be wrong on that point, and Krivsky did sign Dunn to a contract. I’m just afraid that all the screaming in Cincinnati about what Dunn isn’t causes everyone here to undervalue what he actually brings to the table.
May 29th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
I think Krivsky’s first move was to lock Dunn up for 2 years + the option year. That doesn’t necessarily mean that he values him the same today as he did 1+ year ago or that the signing wasn’t forced by ownership to prove that the owners weren’t cheap. Any of those things are possible. Personally, I see the signing as a sign of how Dunn is valued by the GM and his team.