2009-02-03T15:17:38-05:00 <div class="photo_container image_right"> <div class="photo"><img src="http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/22501/adam-dunn-blog23.jpg" alt="Adam-dunn-blog23" /></div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align: left;">Adam Dunn has hit 40 homers in each of the last five years.<br />Aaron M. Sprecher/Icon SMI<br /></div> </div> <p>The market has been mostly quiet for free agent slugger <strong>Adam Dunn</strong>, but a baseball source said Dunn did receive a contract offer from the Nationals, who badly want a power hitter. The Nats targeted Dunn after making a spirited free-agent run at Mark Teixeira, who signed with the Yankees. But so far, Dunn hasn't seemed&nbsp;eager to sign with Washington.</p> <p>Dunn could still wind up in Washington, but the Nationals' offer has sat there so long he's sent a clear message he'd prefer to go elsewhere. One other possibility for Dunn could be the Dodgers if they aren't able to work out a contract with <strong>Manny Ramirez</strong>, who is by far their first choice to enhance their offense.</p> <p>Dunn was hoping to hit the jackpot in the free-agent market, and one baseball executive said he believes former Dunn teammate <strong>Brandon Phillips</strong>' contention that Dunn was hoping for a $100 million contract. Dunn has disputed that story. In any case, he's not going to come close to hitting his free-agent goal. His agent <strong>Greg Genske</strong>, who did nicely to get a $161-million deal for <strong>CC Sabathia</strong>, did not return phone calls over the past several weeks.</p> <p>One executive said Dunn's biggest problem, other than a nightmare of a free-agent market, is that he is "really an American League player'' and that there aren't many teams looking to pay a DH big bucks. Oddly enough, Dunn has played his entire career in the National League, and the two teams connected to him now are both NL teams.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Nationals still waiting on Dunn 2009-02-03T09:54:43-05:00 3 2009-02-03T09:54:43-05:00 1 1 10 2009-02-03T14:45:46-05:00 43 NY Chip23 Mount Vernon 633060 3 I'm curious where a team with Willingham, Pena, Kearns, Dukes, and Milledge would play either Dunn or Manny? I guess you could play Dunn at 1b and try to deal Nick Johnson, but I don't see him being on too many wish lists these days.... The guys the Nats should focus on are Ben Sheets, Orlando Hudson and Tom Glavine. Get some solid pitching and a second baseman who can field better than Belliard and hit more than Anderson Hernandez or Alberto Gonzalez. 4205031 2009-02-03T12:27:15-05:00 1 VA Berndaddy Reston 692635 1 What's bad for the Nats in this deal is that LA Times is reporting that if the Dodges don't get Manny they're likely to take Dunn, Hudson and a free agent pitcher. It suck big time to be Nats fan. Go Nats! 4202701 2009-02-03T14:08:37-05:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/266/54/thumb/ambd.jpg 1451 va Al_Cheese Richmond 26694 It suck big time to be Nats fan. Go Nats! 2 amen to that! hope they land somebody decent i wanna go see play. i still say why not bring in manny to dc. the circus he creates not to mention he's a pretty good hitter would be a huge benefit to the organization 4204324 2009-02-03T12:27:15-05:00 1 VA Berndaddy Reston 692635 1 What's bad for the Nats in this deal is that LA Times is reporting that if the Dodges don't get Manny they're likely to take Dunn, Hudson and a free agent pitcher. It suck big time to be Nats fan. Go Nats! 4202701 3 <div class="photo_container image_right"> <div class="photo"><img src="http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/22501/adam-dunn-blog23.jpg" alt="Adam-dunn-blog23" /></div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align: left;">Adam Dunn has hit 40 homers in each of the last five years.<br />Aaron M. Sprecher/Icon SMI<br /></div> </div> <p>The market has been mostly quiet for free agent slugger <strong>Adam Dunn</strong>, but a baseball source said Dunn did receive a contract offer from the Nationals, who badly want a power hitter. The Nats targeted Dunn after making a spirited free-agent run at Mark Teixeira, who signed with the Yankees. But so far, Dunn hasn't seemed&nbsp;eager to sign with Washington.</p> <p>Dunn could still wind up in Washington, but the Nationals' offer has sat there so long he's sent a clear message he'd prefer to go elsewhere. One other possibility for Dunn could be the Dodgers if they aren't able to work out a contract with <strong>Manny Ramirez</strong>, who is by far their first choice to enhance their offense.</p> <p>Dunn was hoping to hit the jackpot in the free-agent market, and one baseball executive said he believes former Dunn teammate <strong>Brandon Phillips</strong>' contention that Dunn was hoping for a $100 million contract. Dunn has disputed that story. In any case, he's not going to come close to hitting his free-agent goal. His agent <strong>Greg Genske</strong>, who did nicely to get a $161-million deal for <strong>CC Sabathia</strong>, did not return phone calls over the past several weeks.</p> <p>One executive said Dunn's biggest problem, other than a nightmare of a free-agent market, is that he is "really an American League player'' and that there aren't many teams looking to pay a DH big bucks. Oddly enough, Dunn has played his entire career in the National League, and the two teams connected to him now are both NL teams.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> 46922 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/100/64/thumb/Heyman_Jon.png 0 NY Jon Heyman New York 10084