In a couple of days, the baseball trade deadline on July 31 will pass. Both local teams here in the San Francisco Bay Area have interesting decisions to make or already have made important trade decisions:
- The San Francisco Giants finished last season with one of the worst offenses in baseball and didn’t make a significant offensive upgrade during the offseason. While there were several moves available to them in the offseason, one option that is often cited by the local media revolves around Adam Dunn. Dunn, an outfielder who finished last season with the Arizona Diamondbacks after spending the previous 7+ years with my beloved Cincinnati Reds (I grew up in nearby Dayton, Ohio), is a feast or famine slugger who could have given the Giants an offensive presence that they lacked. (more…)
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