Update – Chicago White Sox NOT targeting Adam Dunn
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6/30 13:50: Bill Ladson of MLB.com tweets, “I was also inforned that #Nats GM Mike Rizzo never talked to #Whitesox GM Kenny Williams about Adam Dunn.”
GM Mike Rizzo (via Scott Merkin of MLB.com) says, “”For us to move him will be very painful and it will probably be very very painful for the team that wants to acquire him.”
6/29 22:37: Kelly Johnson of Comcast Sportsnet tweets:
In response 2 report the White Sox R interested in Adam Dunn & Nats are willing to deal him, a team official tells me theres “nothing to it”
6/29 11:27: According to multiple sources of Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago White Sox are targeting Washington Nationals’ first baseman Adam Dunn.
”Names have been talked about by both sides,” one source said. ”[Williams] might want to act quickly, though.”
The competition is going to be tough to acquire Dunn. The Los Angeles Angels are looking for a first baseman and have been mentioned as a possible destination for Dunn.
The problem for the White Sox is their lack of talent in the Minor Leagues. Much of their farm system was depleted in previous trades for Jake Peavy and Juan Pierre. The team however has no problem adding the payroll. If the team adds Dunn, they will only be responsible for about half of his 2010 $12 million salary.
If the White Sox cannot get Dunn, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports says the team may taget the Baltimore Orioles Luke Scott.
Dunn is on the last year of his two-year, $20 million contract. He has been optimistic that an extension would occur with Washington. Both parties have discussed a contract extension, but nothing formal has been submitted.
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