and the hotter he gets, does that make you want to trade Adam Dunn even more (to maximize value) or to cling on to the thought of keeping Dunn in red for years to come?
Dunn is legendary for his hot streaks and slumps and this past week has been on fire. I think back in the Cleveland series his batting average dipped to .248 which is the lowest it's been all season with a reasonable sample size. But after this past week of hot hitting, his batting average is up to .275, he is climbing up the homerun leaderboard with 19 after his two today... including hitting RBI's in now 5 games straight IIRC. I would like to see him start taking more walks again as his OBP is uncharacteristically low, but you can't deny his swing of late. And I get that is why so many get frustrated with Dunn, but when you see him hit like this, you can't help but to think what happens when the cold streaks become fewer and the hot streaks become more frequent. Be it a change in mental approach, the right hitting coach, whatever... Dunn likes it in GABP and when he is going right, he really likes it. I am not saying that makes him untradeable, but I hope Krivsky seeing Dunn hit +.400 over this stretch with mammoth shots is verifying the thought that he should have in his head to only trade Dunn in the right deal.