The Nationals have discussed Adam Dunn with the Reds, FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal reports.
No deal is close, but the Reds felt the Nationals were serious enough to send scouts to watch the Single-A Potomac team that's loaded with most of the Nationals' best position prospects. Dunn and RFK would seem to be a terrible fit, but the Nationals are playing for 2008, when they'll be in a new ballpark. Of course, Dunn has the option of becoming a free agent after this season, meaning the Nationals may be acquiring little more than draft picks if they pulled off a trade. However, they would to their best to entice him to stay. That he'd be reunited with good friend Austin Kearns would improve the sales pitch.
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Dunn is not the type of player to build around but since when have the Nats done anything right? Johnson, Dunn, Zimmerman, Kearns does make for a comfortable middle of the lineup.
