We mentioned it briefly at the end of the day yesterday, so by now you’ve heard that the Washington Nationals have signed outfielder/firstbaseman Adam Dunn, breathing a bit of off-season life into what’s been a fairly tepid winter for last year’s worst team in baseball. Dunn theoretically adds some much needed pop to the anemic Nats offense. The left-handed power hitter has hit 40 homeruns in each of his last 5 seasons, and has reached over 100 RBI in 4 of those.

The deal is reportedly for $20 million over 2 years. For $10 million a year, the Lerners can now argue that they are willing to spend at least a little bit of their cash to improve their flailing baseball team.

Dunn, an 8 year veteran, spent most of his career in Cincinnati before being traded to Arizona near the end of last season. At 29, Dunn is durable—he is not prone to injury and almost never misses a game (fingers crossed there’s not really a Nats injury curse!). He’s also a model of consistency. The last four years he’s hit 40 home runs on the dot, though he also consistently hits for a low batting average and is a career .247 hitter. He’s led the National League three times in strikeouts, though his 166 Ks last year were a marked improvement from his career high of 190, which came in 2004. If you look up strikeout on Wikipedia, you will see a picture of Adam Dunn. Really.