Nats Sign Adam Dunn

Sources: Nats Sign Adam Dunn

The Washington Nationals have agreed to a preliminary deal with 29-year-old free agent Adam Dunn, a signing that would fulfill their offseason-long search for a left-handed power hitter. Two independent sources have told the Post that Dunn will sign a two-year deal, possibly announced as early as tomorrow.

More details coming.

Nationals sign Dunn to two-year deal
Veteran left-handed slugger reunited with GM Bowden

By Bill Ladson / MLB.com

WASHINGTON -- The Nationals finally got their left-handed slugging first baseman, signing free agent Adam Dunn to a two-year contract Wednesday, according to a baseball source. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The Nationals are expected to hold a news conference at Nationals Park on Thursday. General manager Jim Bowden was not immediately available for comment.

Dunn, 28, and Bowden have a history together with the Reds organization. Bowden drafted Dunn in the second round of the 1998 First-Year Player Draft. Three years later, Dunn was in the big leagues and became Cincinnati's best power hitter.

Dunn has hit at least 40 home runs for five straight years. While he has a .247 career batting average, he has a .381 on-base percentage and can play left field, right field and first base.