The talk in Cincinnatti is that GM Wayne Krivsky is Minnesota-izing the Reds by trading away his high-strike out hitters in favor of lower-striking out ones.
He has dealt Wily Mo Pena, Austin Kearns and Felipe Lopez and just fired hitting coach Chris Chambliss.
Conjecture says OF/1B Adam Dunn is next. At 26, he is certainly not on the down swing of his production - assuming one puts that at .240/40/100/100+BBs.
In the currently-inflating free agent market, $10 million a year is nothing for a high-OBP HR hitter.
The Angels certainly look like they can use some high OBP hitters, and they have many a trading piece a budget-conscious club like Cincinnatti could use.
Never mind an even-ish contract swap of SS Orlando Cabrera ($8 MM per through 2008).....
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