Diamondbacks Open to Discussing Justin Upton

[sauronthepower]

Sure, I'd like to have a young stud like Upton. Of course, I have never seen him play and his stats aren't all that.

But to match seattles offer.....are u willing to give up

Banuelos
Campos
Depaula
Sanchez

???

I wouldn't. And normally I prefer to unload specs.

I know how to make this thread explode.

Cano for Upton.

[rrzubnyy]

Upton is also a better player than the current 40 year old version of Ichiro.

Over the last 3 years -

.290/.326/.373/.699 Averaged 77 runs, 7 HRs, 48 RBI, 37 SBs

.281/.361/.469/.830 Averaged 95 runs, 22 HRs, 75 RBI, 19 SBs


And before everyone says Ichiro wasn't motivated because he was in Seattle, keep in mind Upton is in Arizona.

But you want the farm gutted!

The D Backs GM just said yesterday that he wants a haul in return, if he is even traded.

[Laying Low]

I know how to make this thread explode.

Cano for Upton.

I said that several pages back. Arizona wouldn't do it.

[theslick1]

Cano, Nova, Logan, and either Heathcott or Williams for Upton and Aaron Hill.

I'm not a big Upton guy, but curious as to whether this would get Arizona's attention.

[rrzubnyy]

Cano, Nova, Logan, and either Heathcott or Williams for Upton and Aaron Hill.

I'm not a big Upton guy, but curious as to whether this would get Arizona's attention.

No way!

At the worst let Cano walk.....gotta see more from Nova and Mason Williams and Heathcott are what this team needs in a few years.

[daytoner500]

upton stinks.

Rather have itchy and 4 prospects.

agreed!

[roy hobbs]

Nyy should trade for upton,then package him in a deal for felix

[Rylinkus]

Nyy should trade for upton,then package him in a deal for felix

NY is trying to get under a budget. The last thing they can do is trade away a bunch of potential cheap young guys for Upton and then trade him and more cheap, young guys for a pitcher making 20 million dollars a year.

[roy hobbs]

Forgot to add haha

[kj244]

I'm all in favor of being fiscally responsible as long as we have a well thought out plan and it doesn't prevent us from putting a quality product on the field. We should be able to put a quality product on the field for $189 mil.

The issue, however, is that we are stuck with big contracts for under performing players on the wrong side of 30 and our farm is not generating the players we need to fuel a youth movement. Thus, we will be stuck in mediocrity unless we use some of our aging assets to get pieces for our future.

IMO, we would be better off shaking things up.

1. Get CC to waive his non-trade clause and dump him to Texas for Olt and
Profar.

2. Trade Granderson to Seattle for prospects.

3. Make a serious effort to sign Cano with CC's money or trade him fast
before the season starts.

4. Make a serious effort to land a young star (e.g. Upton, Stanton, whoever)

5. Make a decision on the future of Hughes. Either sign him or trade him. Its
crazy to let him walk for free. Had we been thinking clearly about
Swisher, we may have been able to swap him and another for Choo.

[Decimotox]

^ you're crazy

[Decimotox]

And it's whomever* not whoever

[Decimotox]

I'm drunk, btw

[oak2455]

I'm drunk, btw

we have a thread for that

[Yankee Clipper]

A source told David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal Constitution that the Braves have not restarted trade talks for Justin Upton since he rejected a move to Seattle.

The news isn't indicative of much. The Braves might no longer have interest in acquiring Upton, or they could be reevaluating what to offer the Diamondbacks for him. The Mariners' four-player package included Taijuan Walker, Nick Franklin, Stephen Pryor and Charlie Furbush.

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