Power Rankings - Reds 20th

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(10-29-2020, 01:39 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Nah, just gotta defend Dunn from historical revisions.

.380 OBP with the Reds is VERY good. Not even touching his elite power.

Dunn's main problem was simply that the NL didn't have the DH. That's actually my biggest sports take hill that I will gladly die on: David Ortiz is just Adam Dunn if he had the DH the entire time.

You add the wear and tear of 11,300 defensive innings in the rain/sun/heat/cold and all the time dedicated to practicing defense and time spent thinking about defense (which would also take away energy and time to better perfect your offense) and I guarantee you Ortiz has a lesser and shorter career that looked a lot like Dunn's.

I'm a fan of the DH. I hate seeing pitchers hit.
If the NL didn't have a DH this year, we probably wouldn't have seen Winker nearly as much, and as such may not have made the playoffs.