2K12: Adam Dunn

[Judge Jude]

I would watch him closely in spring training, not exactly for stats but more what Seitzer describes.
WHY is he optimistic?

"Just trying to let the game come to me this year" or "Last year I tried to do too much" doesn't wow me.

A specific injury explained and healed, or a significant change in batting stance/approach that is apparent to the eye and ideally, matches his past stance when successful, would help.

But if THAT gets too much publicity, I'd nominate him early and let someone else pay for the new hype.

Best case is a subtle change that doesn't get a lot of media attention. It happens...

[chancellor]

Because I think his bat speed is gone. Pitchers were regularly challenging him over the heart of the plate with fastballs last year, and he wasn't driving them with authority in the least bit. Now it could be that he had an injury that will heal over the offseason or something happened to his eyesight that he could get corrected, in which case his performance might return. But I'm convinced there was something physically wrong with him last year, something more than just lingering weakness from an appendectomy.

Check. Thanks.