The hell with the team. What does it do for us?
"Sign Adam Dunn" <--- BLUE911
The Dunn thing becomes even more interesting now, given that allegedly Rizzo wanted to deal Dunn but was vetoed. Assuming that was true, it makes one question whether the situation would have been different if Rizzo had held this position then (meaning have the role with no Kasten around.) Seems like something that would have come up in conversations during the discussions. But it also puts Rizzo in an interesting position regarding the Dunn negotiations at this point. Dunn's agent: "Note to self, guy who wanted to trade my client now has more authority."
The reason I now have to question whether that whole story is 100% accurate is because of where the Nats find themselves. If they aren't going to sign Dunn, not trading him looks pretty stupid. It doesn't matter if someone comes up with a counter argument that may have some merit, in baseball circles, settling for a sandwich pick will be viewed as boneheaded. By leaking the idea that Rizzo was overruled by Kasten but now has a better role gives him some cover.
