BREAKING: Jays acquire Melvin Upton Jr.

[gbill2004]

Per Rosenthal: Sources: #BlueJays agree to acquire Melvin Upton Jr. from #Padres for Class A prospect. Financial terms not known. Likely finalized today.

 

Sportsnet, Shi Davidi and TSN also now reporting the trade.

Edited July 26, 2016 by gbill2004

[Rusty_Savage]

[fatcowxlive]

Class A prospect? Oh f*** off what happened to not pillaging the farm system??

 

Edit: Wait is it an A prospect or is it class A as in he plays in Dunedin?

[RealAccountant]

So Upton goes into right and Bautista into DH

 

Smoak the newest extension to the bench

[GD]

Class A prospect? Oh f*** off what happened to not pillaging the farm system??

 

Edit: Wait is it an A prospect or is it class A as in he plays in Dunedin?

 

Class A means Lansing lol

[Daniel Labude]

Class A prospect? Oh f*** off what happened to not pillaging the farm system??

 

Edit: Wait is it an A prospect or is it class A as in he plays in Dunedin?

 

Probably Pentecost

[jays4life19]

lol fatcow

[Governator]

I always wanted Pompey up here and Bats to DH, but this is nicer.

[BlueRocky]

Would be sad if it's Pentecost, since we've really gutted the farm the past two seasons. But we're getting a solid defensive outfielder that could find his swing at the Rogers center with some degree of control left? (correct if wrong)

[fatcowxlive]

Class A means Lansing lol

 

Probably Pentecost

 

lol fatcow

 

Whew!!!!! Hopefully not Pentecost but the hold up sounds like it could be him. Isn't Ryan Foley down there too?

 

You guys don't understand I woke up thinking we traded Alford for Upton

[Jonn]

I would be absolutely shocked if it's Pentecost. Shocked.

[BlueRocky]

Whew!!!!! Hopefully not Pentecost but the hold up sounds like it could be him. Isn't Ryan Foley down there too?

 

You guys don't understand I woke up thinking we traded Alford for Upton

 

That would be criminal

[vilifyingforce]

Class A means Lansing lol

 

Or Dunedin or Vancouver. Either way with it being a single prospect it makes me wonder how much salary the Padres are eating presuming it's not a high end prospect.

[fatcowxlive]

Or Dunedin or Vancouver. Either way with it being a single prospect it makes me wonder how much salary the Padres are eating presuming it's not a high end prospect.

 

That's what the one day hold up was for

[Jonn]

Or Dunedin or Vancouver. Either way with it being a single prospect it makes me wonder how much salary the Padres are eating presuming it's not a high end prospect.

 

No GD is right...

 

Dunedin is Advanced A-Ball

 

Vancouver and Bluefield are considered short season ball.

[vilifyingforce]

No GD is right...

 

Dunedin is Advanced A-Ball

 

Vancouver and Bluefield are considered short season ball.

 

 

I'm aware of that, not sure the media is going to break things down like that for the average fan who doesn't know though.

[Caper]

No GD is right...

 

Dunedin is Advanced A-Ball

 

Vancouver and Bluefield are considered short season ball.

 

 

Maybe Vancouver? The hold up being the prospect is still sleeping?

[Angrioter]

Maese is my name

[Governator]

Knowing the Jay's they waited until now to save them a plane ticket.

[gbill2004]

Smart trade as insurance for Bautista/Saunders. I'd like to see the Jays let Bautista go and re-sign Saunders and Edwin.

 

Will be interesting to see how much salary is retained in this deal.

[gbill2004]

Knowing the Jay's they waited until now to save them a plane ticket.

 

LOL very true!

[intentional wok]

Knowing the Jay's they waited until now to save them a plane ticket.

 

I remember a couple of years ago when Ichiro went to the Yankees WHILE the Yankees were visiting Seattle. I imagine some fans showed up to the park to see Ichiro come out in pinstripes and were like 'wat'.

[Pendleton]

I'm guessing Perdomo is the main piece in return.

[Jonn]

I remember a couple of years ago when Ichiro went to the Yankees WHILE the Yankees were visiting Seattle. I imagine some fans showed up to the park to see Ichiro come out in pinstripes and were like 'wat'.

 

What might have been really funny is Baltimore was runner up. If they traded for him days later and him just chilling in Toronto waiting for the Orioles to arrive.

[BlueRocky]

Knowing the Jay's they waited until now to save them a plane ticket.

 

Ask the pads to eat the contract and throw in a vending machine while we're at it

[xposbrad]

If the blue jays had payroll flexibility I still don't understand why they didn't sign a free agent reliever this offseason like Clippard.

[BigCecil]

Decent piece. 28% K rate and doesn't BB much. His D numbers are ok, but he is a long way from the 5 WAR player he was in 2008.

 

Upgrade over Junior Lake and Zeke who is crashing back down to earth. Not much to see here folks. Hope we didn't give up Pentecost.

[mellowgold]

Upton can be a pretty useful player if used properly. Even when he's not starting he can be used as a defensive replacement, pinch runner, pinch hitter in certain scenarios, etc. The guy does bring some skills to the table.

 

Perhaps the best news out of this is this all but guarantees we don't have to watch the mushroom this year. Assuming Upton sees his share of starts in the outfield and pushes Jose/Saunders DH, Edwin to first and Smoke to the pine, there is absolutely zero room for Colabello.

[Angrioter]

I'm guessing Perdomo is the main piece in return.

 

Margot, Espinosa..... San Diego really like Mexican prospects

[vilifyingforce]

Upton can be a pretty useful player if used properly. Even when he's not starting he can be used as a defensive replacement, pinch runner, pinch hitter in certain scenarios, etc. The guy does bring some skills to the table.

 

Perhaps the best news out of this is this all but guarantees we don't have to watch the mushroom this year. Assuming Upton sees his share of starts in the outfield and pushes Jose/Saunders DH, Edwin to first and Smoke to the pine, there is absolutely zero room for Colabello.

 

With Colabello not being eligible for the playoffs I don't think we were going to see him anyways.