Just about ready for the second game between the Nats and Rockies here at Coors Field. The only major pregame news today didn’t even happen here; acting general manager Mike Rizzo, who’s not with the team in Denver, told ESPN 980 today that the Nationals don’t plan to move Adam Dunn before the trade deadline.
Dunn’s name had surfaced in rumors, mostly because teams like the Red Sox and Mets are in the market for a bat and could handle Dunn’s $12 million salary in 2010. But Rizzo, during an interview on the station, said, “We are not trading Adam Dunn. That’s as definitive as I can be.”
SEE RELATED:
Dunn will play first base tomorrow, as the Nationals give Nick Johnson a day off in the dreaded day-game-after-night-game. Josh Willingham will play left, and Austin Kearns (presumably) will be in right.
Here are the lineups for tonight:
Nationals:
Morgan CF
Johnson 1B
Zimmerman 3B
Dunn LF
Willingham RF
Guzman SS
Bard C
Harris 2B
Zimmermann P
Rockies:
Fowler CF
Barmes 2B
Helton 1B
Hawpe RF
Tulowitzki SS
Stewart 3B
Iannetta C
Gonzalez LF
Hammel P
