Key Stats: At the age of 31, Adam Dunn’s skills seemed to have disappeared last season. It’s not often that a player’s skills just suddenly erode at the age of 31 – let alone a player that had the run of consistency that Dunn had from 2004 through 2010. Some numbers that make it harder to write Dunn off include that his BABIP was almost 90 points lower last year than it was in 2010 and over 50 points off of his career rate. His line drive rate last year was 20% - which was just ahead of his career line drive rate. And finally his home run to fly ball rate was 9.6% and had been double that every year of his career since 2003.
Skeptics Say: Swing and a pop up! Swing and a miss! There are numbers that make it harder to trust Dunn of course too.
He struck out in 36% of his plate appearances. Dunn has never been a model citizen when it comes to helping reduce the stress on an umpire’s larynx, but this was awful even by his own standards. That was worst in the big leagues last year ...
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