name me some, we’ll look at em stat for stat, I promise you they won’t come close

as i said its not a big deal if he goes or not… just felt like flipping the coin is all

dunn’’s obp is better than sandovals… sandoval has a better slugging pct which gives them a pretty comprabable ops.. (sandoval leading by 10 points) dunn has more home runs and has driven in more runs…

almost better in every category… no… also, are you really using who struck out less to try and convince me sandoval is having a better season? thats just silly.

sandoval wouldnt be a bad choice ,no, but to say he is a clear favorite over Dunn is just caraziness

p.s. dunn is destroying both guzman and kemp in terms of who is having a better season, why even bring them up?

then you would say guzman is a better candidate then dunn, which is clearly not the case.

Why do people deride hitting homeruns like they are a bad thing.

home runs are instant offense, not only that, but the produce the best possible offensive result at the time…. someone please explain to me how that’s a bad thing…

you get to go because you get on base, batting average should have nothing to do with it(tho thats a different argument entirely) Thionk about it, sandoval is hitting 330 and is getting on base less than adam dunn.. now i ask you, who is more valuable to your team a guy who gets on base 40 pct of the time, driving in 60 runs(to this point) hitting 22 hrs or a guy getting on base 38 pct of the time with considerably less homers and rbis?

The fact that a guy hitting 330 is only getting on base 38 percent of the time tells me he has very little plate discipline, and its a safe bet that his average will drop like a rock once pitchers realize they dont have to throw him strikes to get him out… thats what makes obp so important… its not just that dunn walks a lot.. that is incidental. He makes pitchers throw him strikes. Theres a reason the greatest hitters all have an obp 90-100 points better than theyre BA… they dont make themselves easy outs… therefore they see better pitches therefore they hit better.

again, its not just walks, there is a direct corelation between having a high on base percentage and being a good hitter.

in an earlier post before you got here, here’s what I said:

for all the gripes about his fielding… here’s something to put it in perspective

according to the runs saved metric, Dunn was the worst outfielder in baseball last year, the absolute worst

he cost his team(s) 8 runs…

Now, how many does he account by himself over the course of a season?

A hell of a lot more than 8.

bottom line is if u want to win a ball game ull deal with dunn’s defense for the numbers he puts up.

any manager would would take sandavol over dunn for defensive purposes is insane in the membrane…

cmon friend, really now

“I think there is not a GM or manager in baseball that wouldn’t rather have Pablo Sandoval on their roster right now over Adam Dunn”

then they need their collective heads examined…

and it seems as though you missed the point of that post.

my point was to say if the worst guy(left/right fielder, not outfielder in general, that was delwyn young, i think) only costs his team 8 runs

if dunn hits 40 hrs than the absolute minimum amount of runs he adds to the team (by himself) is 32… and of course its higher than that.

the greater point being… a great hitter is more valuable than a great fielder, always

…. the best oufielder from a defensive standpoint last season was franklin gutierez.. he saved his team 22 runs last year… impressive, no doubt… but… he was also 248/307/383 in 400 abs last year with 8 homers… see what im gettin at?

a bit lofty isnt it? the guy hasnt even played a full season yet…. i dont even have runs saved numbers from him because they probably dont exist yet… hes a decent fielder at this point… And of course dunn catches fly balls routinely, if he didnt he couldnt be a starting outfielder.

worst is a relative term, all it means is he was worse than others who play the position with him, dosent mean he cant make routine plays… dont get that twisted…

obviously sandoval is miles ahead of him, i was just trying to point out that an great offensive player is more important in general…