Are We Dunn Yet? Sox Sleeping Giant Has Yet to be Awakened

By Angie Wiatrowski in News on May 7, 2011 8:00PM

The Chicago White Sox currently hold the worst record in baseball. Yes, the worst. After a 3-2 loss vs. the Seattle Mariners Friday night, the White Sox are now 11-22 and 6-11 on the road and have a combined .234 batting average, yet those who were expected to deliver at the plate have fallen short. The top of the offensive leader board (if you want to use the world ‘lead’ considering the only thing they’re leading in is a big old slump) are Paul Konerko (.288, 34 H, 8 HR), Carlos Quentin (.275, 33 H, 7 HR), Juan Pierre (.256, 32 H), and Alexei Ramirez (.250, 30 H, 3 HR). Where does Adam Dunn fall on that list?

All the way at the bottom, dead last. Dunn holds a .149 batting average with just 6 hits and 3 home runs so far this season. What happened to one of baseball’s most feared sluggers? Don’t fret, it’s only May.

It may be painful to watch the Sox continue to slump and to see our newly acquired DH fall short, but that’s how he plays the game. The sleeping giant will soon awaken; give it a month. That’s right. Dunn wasn’t a mistake; the best is yet to come. For example, I took a look at his early season stats last season:

In April 2010 in 23 games, Dunn was batting .175 and was 18-80 with 4 home runs. In May 2010 in 28 games he hit .251, was 31-99 with 6 home runs. See? It’s getting better. How about June 2010? Dunn was batting .269 in 27 games going 28-102 with 7 home runs. A little slow but in the long run Dunn ended up winning MVP with the Washington Nationals last season, going 145-558, with 38 homers and a .260 batting average. Yes folks, monster is about to break loose and the Sox will find themselves climbing the ladder and not falling further into a sinkhole. In the meantime, at least we have the Bulls, right?