Dunn off to a hot start

[missionhockey21]

Dunn is a notoriously streaky player, capable of carrying an offense and also struggling (although he always maintains a fairly respectable OBP, so it is up for debate if he is streaky.) However, I am really quite happy that he is off to a good start to his career in Washington as the Nationals haven't had a whole lot else to be happy about, although the young rotation has looked better as of late.

So far, through 14 games and 46 AB's, Dunn is hitting .283 with a monster .476 OBP (17 BB's to 11 K's), with 4 homeruns, 3 doubles, and 12 RBI's. With Johnson healthy and hitting .380 with a .446 OBP (great fit for the #2 spot,) the Nationals have certainly been getting runners on the basepaths. The thing to watch with Dunn though is that last season in his post-ASG splits, he got pretty close to posting a 1 to 1 BB to K ratio and obviously this year he is exceeding it, it is a small sample but if Dunn has gotten more selective at the plate and can post a BA north of .260, he'll be even more of a force for the Nationals over his contract. There have been plenty of threads debating the worth of Dunn and that isn't what this is, just recognizing a nice start for his career in Washington.

By the way, I read this Nationals rotation has had a 2.27 ERA over their last seven starts, they must hate their bullpen.

[missionhockey21]

As good as Dunn has started off, the Nats' clubhouse manager has not however.

[love_that_reefer]

Dunn as their cleanup man is scary though. He has never had good production with RISP.