Cubs Love Them Some Adam Dunn?

According to Buster Olney of ESPN, the Cubs would love Adam Dunn in their lineup, but are concerned about his defense.

Hendry should be a little more concerned with Dunn's defense. Playing mostly left-field throughout his career, Dunn has been one of the worst defenders in baseball. From 2006-2008, he 3rd worst defensive left-fielder in all of baseball with a -58 (cost an estimated 58 over the 3 seasons).

Ok, so Dunn is really bad in left-field. Many will tell you that left is the easiest outfield position to play, and right-field is arguably the most difficult outfield position to man. Obviously, with Soriano in left, Dunn is going to be expected to play right. Given his horrendous defensive stats in left, I see it as completely unrealistic for Dunn to play a bearable right-field. Signing him to play right-field would not help this team.

Despite what I was just saying, I actually like Adam Dunn quite a bit. Thus, I would like to see Hendry get creative and explore the option of dishing Lee for a right-fielder and looking in to have Adam Dunn play first-base. This is definitely a stretch, especially considering Lee has a no-trade clause. Nonetheless, it is something to think about.

Dunn would not be great defensively at first, but odds are the liability that his is would be minimized by having him play a less demanding position. Dunn has done nothing but rake when he plays in Wrigley Field and would be a tremendous asset to the middle of the Cub lineup.