No deal: General manager Doug Melvin laughed off reports on Thursday that the Brewers had acquired Cincinnati Reds outfielder Adam Dunn for a package of players including reliever Matt Wise.
It was a "baseless Internet rumor," Melvin said. And he has become tired of those.
"I'm taking more calls deflecting these kinds of rumors than I've had talking to GMs," said Melvin, who has characterized the trade market as extremely cool.
The Brewers are already flush with left-handed hitting outfielders. When Bill Hall went down last week with an ankle injury the team briefly looked at Texas Rangers veteran Kenny Lofton, but called off that interest when it was determined Hall would miss only a few weeks.
Hall's rehabilitation has been progressing more quickly than expected. He participated in running drills on Wednesday and took swings in the batting cage on Thursday, and Yost wasn't ruling out the possibility of having Hall back in the lineup for the opener of a weeklong road trip Monday in Cincinnati.
Still, the rumor spread quickly on Thursday even though it originally appeared on a Cincinnati radio personality's blog. It was reported by a Milwaukee station Thursday morning.
The original blog entry read like this: "From the MLB rumor mill ... Dunn to Brewers for Matt Wise, Tony Gwynn Jr. and an infield prospect."
Not exactly the kind of reporting they teach in Journalism 101.
"There are freaking geeks out there who get ... off on this kind of stuff," Melvin said.
That doesn't look good....unless Melvin is Larry Harris
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