What's this man worth?

Whiz Kid recently posted a short entry about Adam Dunn in which he pondered what sort of future Dunn has and in what direction he might be headed.

If you're not familiar with Dunn, you better know a Red by checking a profile of the player from before this just-passed season or by checking Fangraph's information on Dunn.

Whiz Kid's primary point is that the players most similar to Dunn - according to his baseball-reference.com page didn't exactly age well, and I think I'd have to agree with that point. Dunn's career progression isn't one that screams of rising star at this point, rather it looks very much like Dunn is heading toward being a very powerful player but one with little more value than an average hitter - and he has almost no defensive value at this point.

Now, Dunn's an entertaining guy, sure, but he's not one that I'd recommend the Reds signing for huge multi-million dollar contracts.

Sure, articles a couple of years ago suggested that he might be heading upward rather than where he seems to be heading now. I certainly respect the three true outcomes as much as the next man, but I'm thinking it just might be time for Dunn to be traded out of the Queen City while he's still got some value.