MLB Trade Rumors: Yankees Like Adam Dunn and Joakim Soria

According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports , two players on the market that the Yankees would love to acquire are 1B/OF Adam Dunn of the Washington Nationals and RHP Joakim Soria of the Kansas City Royals.

Of course the Yankees would love to have either of those players. Probably every team in baseball would love to have either of those players. Dunn is one of the most consistent home run hitters in the league and Soria was Mariano Rivera’s pick for the best reliever in baseball just a year ago.

On that note the Nationals are willing to move Dunn, who is a free agent at the end of the season. However, their price is said to be “exorbitant.” Dunn is also a Type-A free agent, which means the Nationals may be willing to hold on to Dunn and take the two 1st round draft picks they would receive when he walks via free agency. Rosenthal also reports that the Royals would have to be “overwhelmed” to force them to move the reliever.

To land either player the Yankees would have to put together a pretty impressive package. According to Buster Olney of ESPN that package won’t include catcher Jesus Montero, who was nearly sent to Seattle in exchange for LHP Cliff Lee a week ago. Olney reports the Yankees were willing to include Montero in a deal for Lee because he was a special case, but would not be willing to include him in any other deals.

With Montero off the table it would be harder for the Yankees to land either Dunn or Soria. If they were able to land one of them they would probably have to send SS Eduardo Nunez or RHP Zach McAllister. A number of lower level prospects would likely be included. It is doubtful that the Royals would want any of the players on the Yankees major league roster except Brett Gardner, who the Royals tried to trade for last off-season.

Adam Dunn’s stats:

Year	Tm	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
2001	CIN	66	244	54	64	18	19	43	38	74	.262	.371	.578	.948	136
2002	CIN	158	535	84	133	28	26	71	128	170	.249	.400	.454	.854	121
2003	CIN	116	381	70	82	12	27	57	74	126	.215	.354	.465	.819	116
2004	CIN	161	568	105	151	34	46	102	108	195	.266	.388	.569	.956	146
2005	CIN	160	543	107	134	35	40	101	114	168	.247	.387	.540	.927	140
2006	CIN	160	561	99	131	24	40	92	112	194	.234	.365	.490	.855	114
2007	CIN	152	522	101	138	27	40	106	101	165	.264	.386	.554	.940	136
2008	TOT	158	517	79	122	23	40	100	122	164	.236	.386	.513	.898	130
2008	CIN	114	373	58	87	14	32	74	80	120	.233	.373	.528	.901	132
2008	ARI	44	144	21	35	9	8	26	42	44	.243	.417	.472	.889	126
2009	WSN	159	546	81	146	29	38	105	116	177	.267	.398	.529	.928	144
2010	WSN	89	323	52	94	26	22	59	41	108	.291	.376	.588	.964	156
10 Seasons		1379	4740	832	1195	256	338	836	954	1541	.252	.383	.524	.907	133

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Generated 7/17/2010.

Joakim Soria’s stats:

Year	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA+	WHIP	H/9
2007	2	3	2.48	62	17	69.0	46	20	19	3	19	75	185	0.942	6.0
2008	2	3	1.60	63	42	67.1	39	13	12	5	19	66	273	0.861	5.2
2009	3	2	2.21	47	30	53.0	44	14	13	5	16	69	202	1.132	7.5
2010	0	1	2.25	36	25	36.0	31	9	9	4	10	43	187	1.139	7.8
4 Seasons	7	9	2.12	208	114	225.1	160	56	53	17	64	253	209	0.994	6.4

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com : View Original Table
Generated 7/17/2010.

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