Adam Dunn or Jeremy Burnitz?

[Bobblehead]

Burnitz has a career .254 BA and has hit over 30HR 6 times so I would not call last year a career year. Of his 6 30HR seasons only one was at Coors Field.

Dunn has a career .249 BA and has hit over 30HR once which was last year.

I am not trying to say that Burnitz is the better choice. I am only saying that they are comparable.

[Conner]

I have a sneaking suspicion that either Adam Dunn kicked Bobblehead's dog in the liver....or Bobblehead is, in fact, Jeremy Burnitz.

Possibly both, now that I think of it...

[slomo007]

Burnitz has a career .254 BA and has hit over 30HR 6 times so I would not call last year a career year. Of his 6 30HR seasons only one was at Coors Field.

Dunn has a career .249 BA and has hit over 30HR once which was last year.

Burnitz has been in the league 14 seasons.

Dunn has been in the league 4 seasons.

Those 10 extra seasons might have a little something to do with Burnitz's better numbers. Maybe.

[AtlDynasty25]

This thread is encouraging! I have been thinking about trading Dunn because of his K's, but after seeing all of this, and similar insight to Dunn in a topic in the Trade Forum, I am chaning my tune. What are you guys projecting from Dunn this year? Including K's.

[CubsFan7724]

If you honestly think Jeromy Burnitz is going to be that good, be my guest. He'll be trash in Chicago. .250 avg, 25-30 HR. Dunn will bat .260-.270 and hit over 40.

[mrider]

Dunn no doubt Burnitz let me remind you that he did play in Coors last year plus Dunn is 25 with great potential take Dunn by a mile.

[bselig]

Good comparison. I'm not willing to draft Dunn because of his average. Burnitz is much better value if you really need homers, but even with a late pick I'd rather get a guy who hits at a higher clip. I think his average will drop this season...but he could easily register 35 homers.

[phunkadelic]

What are you guys projecting from Dunn this year? Including K's.

.277 avg, 52 HR, 112 RBI, 12 SB, 159 K

[OREO fan]

burnitz will get something like he has in his recent non-coors years - .250, 70 runs, 30 hrs, 85 rbi - i am throwing out 2002 as a pathetic aberration

dunn should only improve so i will predict something like .260, 100 runs, 40 hrs, and 110 rbi - and those are fairly conservative compared to what some others might say

to me that explains the 15 round difference

[Amazinz]

I love Burnitz to death. He's just one of those guys who makes you want to root for him. I hope he does well this year but trying to compare him to Dunn is loco.