Justin Upton traded to Braves

[TheImmortalGoud]

Rotoworld

FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi report that Justin Upton rejected a trade that would have sent him to the Mariners.

The Arizona Republic's Nick Piecoro has confirmed the report, and although it's not clear who exactly would have gone to Arizona in the deal, Piecoro says the package was "substantial." Upton has a limited no-trade clause, and the Mariners are obviously on it, though the report speculates that a deal between the two sides could possibly be revived. The Rangers and Braves are still pursuing the outfielder. It's looking very likely that Upton will be moved prior to spring training.

[Slateman]

lol .... can you blame him?

[TheImmortalGoud]

https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/289552531170918400

Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal
Sources: #Mariners offered four players for #DBacks' Upton. One of Walker/Hultzen/Paxton, plus Franklin and Furbush, then Pryor or another.

[Rudi]

Please don't let in this thread.

[FedEx227]

Maybe I missed this but why the hell are the Diamondbacks so eager to trade a 117 OPS+ 24-year-old outfielder?

[Slateman]

Maybe I missed this but why the hell are the Diamondbacks so eager to trade a 117 OPS+ 24-year-old outfielder?

Kevin Towers

[NAHSTE]

Please don't let in this thread.

You already know dawg.

We gettin Kate too.

ALL OF THE UPTONS

[EmpireWF]

I don't get it. The Mets beat reporter for Newsday says sources have the Mets interested (again, after losing faith earlier in the off-season) in Upton again...but they won't give up the major prospects Arizona wants right now (judging based on what they were going to get from Seattle).

Now, this is good. No sense in dealing Wheeler, Harvey or D'Arnaud for Upton.

But then, is there interest solely based on Arizona's desires coming down...which I don't see happening because there will be some team out there willing to move a prized prospect and Upton won't reject it again (a place besides Seattle).

[Guest]

The Chicago Cubs and the Arizona Diamondbacks recently discussed the feasibility of a trade that would have sent right fielder Justin Upton to the Cubs, according to two major league sources.

According to both sources, the Diamondbacks asked for two-time All-Star Starlin Castro in return for Upton. The Cubs, trying to build a solid base of young players in their somewhat depleted system, balked at trading a 22-year-old shortstop for a 25-year-old right fielder and cut off talks.

Upton, who has been offered around baseball in trade conversations since the winter meetings in December, vetoed a trade to the Seattle Mariners 10 days ago. While the Diamondbacks appear to want to deal him, general manager Kevin Towers said last week that they expect quality in return.

"We are not interested in giving away any of our young talented players," Towers said last Saturday at the Professional Scouts Foundation dinner in Los Angeles. "My job is to get the best players in order to win championships here in Arizona. That said, someone will have to give us equal value if we move one of our top players."

Neither Towers nor the Cubs would comment when contacted by ESPNChicago.com. In his contract, Upton has the Cubs, the Boston Red Sox, the Toronto Blue Jays and the Mariners on his list of four teams to which he could veto a deal.

Upton, a young five-tool player, has three years remaining on a contract worth $38 million. He is a career .278 hitter with 108 home runs since breaking into the big leagues in 2007 at age 19.

http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story...in-upton-trade

[Guest]

The Arizona Diamondbacks are seriously discussing a trade of Justin Upton to the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night, according to sources.

A deal to the Braves would unite Upton with his older brother, B.J. Upton, who signed as a free agent with Atlanta this winter.

The Diamondbacks want to decide whether to trade Justin Upton after more than a year of dangling the young star outfielder, or Jason Kubel sometime in the next 48 hours. Arizona has been discussing a possible Kubel deal with Baltimore, and sources involved in the Upton talks said Atlanta has made a strong offer that is likely built around pitching.

In any Upton deal, the Braves probably would surrender a package of prospects that won't include young shortstop Andrelton Simmons, a player Arizona asked for earlier in this offseason, sources said.

B.J. was excited about the possibility of a family reunion in the Braves' outfield.

"Wow these (at)JUS10UP10 rumors have me excited. Please don't tease me like this... Would be a dream come true if it happens," B.J. said on his Twitter account Wednesday.

The Diamondbacks once viewed Upton as a player they would build around for years to come. At age 21, he hit 26 homers, scored 84 runs and drove in 86 runs. In March 2010, Arizona signed Upton to a six-year, $51.5 million deal. It made the playoffs in 2011, and Upton finished fourth in the NL MVP voting.

But the Diamondbacks started discussing possible Upton trades that fall, and after he got off to a poor start in 2012, Arizona owner Ken Kendrick criticized Upton and other players in a radio interview.

"I think Justin is an enigma at this point," he told KTAR. "I know he had an injury early on and maybe a little bit of a nagging injury. But he's played. He's certainly not the Justin Upton that he has been in the past and that we would expect of him. He's 24 years old and it's time for him to be a consistent performer, and right now this year he's not been that."

Arizona again looked into trading Upton before the July 31 deadline last summer and continued to have discussions once this offseason began. It has become increasingly apparent that the relationship between the Diamondbacks and Upton has been damaged, perhaps beyond repair. Upton may well welcome a deal at this point.

Texas has seemed like a possible fit, and it traded proposals with Arizona that involved three and four teams, but the Diamondbacks asked for one of two young Rangers shortstops, Elvis Andrus or Jurickson Profar. The Rangers rejected that trade demand, then backed off more recently, sources said, knowing that David Price, Giancarlo Stanton and others might become available in the next year.

The Diamondbacks agreed to a proposed deal with Seattle earlier this month, but the Mariners are among four teams to which Upton could reject a trade, and he turned down the deal to Seattle.

Atlanta has emerged as a trade partner this week, feeling that Upton would be a good fit for its open spot in left field, and perhaps could be helped by playing alongside B.J.

Earlier this offseason, Atlanta, frustrated in its effort to sign Michael Bourn, worked out a five-year, $75.25 million with B.J. Upton to be its center fielder.

B.J. is 3 years old than Justin, and they have remained close through their respective careers.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/88...ording-sources

[Sharkweather]

All-Star outfielder Justin Upton has been traded from the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Atlanta Braves, reports CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman. The deal is pending a physical, but is otherwise complete. Young starting pitcher Randall Delgado is headed to the Diamondbacks, but there are more (still unknown) parts that will be involved.

[Sharkweather]

Oooh Prado going to Arizona. Should be interesting to see who leads off. Ahmed and Spruill also to Arizona. 3B Chris Johnson to Atlanta.

[TheImmortalGoud]

Brandon Drury also to Arizona.

[Glenbino]

at Atlanta being able to pull this off without moving Tehran. Kevin Towers sucks at life.

[Woy]

at Atlanta being able to pull this off without moving Tehran. Kevin Towers sucks at life.

Pshhhh, Zeke Spruill is more valuable than Julio.