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Cliff Lee is a much, much, much better player than Dunn, is making less $s, and has a year of control left. The Phillies are also in a much better spot to make noise in the playoffs and ALSO get a shot at extending him to reasonable $s. They even managed to give up only semi-interesting prospects. I LOVE that trade for the Phillies, I think its a steal.
I don't get giving up good prospects for Dunn when you could have signed him in the offseason if you wanted. Nothing has changed between now and then either than the fact that hes more expensive now since the deal is backloaded. Hes still a highly overrated player when hes in the field and an underrated bat as a DH. Hes a very good DH, but not elite and when it comes down to it there are cheaper, comparable options available this offseason if its going to cost me good 'specs.
Claiming him? Sure, if the Ms okay the salary. Giving up talent for him on top of that? I don't see it.