Thoughts on the Upton Trade

[crmr]

Hey guys, old poster coming back. Just thought I'd share my thoughts on the Upton trade

 

I think it's a great deal. Upton was worth $12 mil last year and another $12 this year. At a 1.5 year deal for $5 mil that's probably one of the best contracts in baseball. Really shocking San Diego would do this trade.

 

The deal also provides insurance two both Saunders and Bautista leaving after next season, so we at least have part of our OF dealt with for now.

 

We gave up a guy who might (best case) be a 3rd starter in 6 years, so the value of that is limited.

 

Really liking this for us

[Cyborg]

Thanks for your thoughts. They should probably be in the trade thread though. If we all made seperate threads then there would 300!

[crmr]

That thread seemed aggressive I thought, I wanted to make one for a bit more relaxed discussion on the sabermetrics/value side of the deal

[Spanky__99]

reedjohnsonfan's buddy, remember when they tried to undermine a forum league redraft, good times!

[vdartanian]

[RIPEXPOS]

It doesn't really address need, but it makes us better all around and cost us essentially nothing. Think there might be another shoe to drop still.

[Jonn]

Postive. It just got better as the morning progressed.

[KevinGregg]

Postive. It just got better as the morning progressed.

 

it was like the opposite of the dickey trade. A bunch of speculation of what would be fair, then the real deal comes out and it's way better for us than any of us thought it would be.

[Dick_Pole]

Thanks for your thoughts. They should probably be in the trade thread though. If we all made seperate threads then there would 300!

 

To be fair that thread is pretty crappy:

 

-arguments about to versus too

-BTS engaging that weirdo who is serious about some no-name, low-level prospect being way too much to give up for Upton "off the scrap heap"

-that guy who continuously posts the "burn" gif of the black teens in the park

[BTS]

I really like it too. Upton looks somewhere in the vicinity of league average offensively, can run, is a plus defender on the corners, and can fake it in CF without embarrassing himself. That makes him a perfect 4th OF, who can probably approach 2 wins if forced to play full time.

 

At 5M, and a prospect worth probably another few hundred grand, that's a nice addition this year, but especially next year when Pillar is currently the only OF under team control.

[Maahfaace]

Thanks for your thoughts. They should probably be in the trade thread though. If we all made seperate threads then there would 300!

 

He posted this multiple times in the trade thread and no one bit

[The Cats Ass]

reedjohnsonfan's buddy, remember when they tried to undermine a forum league redraft, good times!

 

I remember. He was crrr back then. Slimeballs.

[John_Havok]

Nothing wrong with this deal at all. I would have been happy paying more for him and still giving up Hansel, 5 million for more than 1 year of Upton is perfectly acceptable.

[G-Snarls]

Great trade

 

Costs very little for a guy who can help a bit this yer and possibly a lot next year

[L54]

I love this move. I probably won't miss my opportunity to own an Upton Jr. shirsey either.

[Grant77]

 

Vdub will love this, hope she reads the thread.

[fatcowxlive]

I usually don't care about how many threads are made about something but this is interesting, it's been discussed in:

 

- Jays general thread

- Jays front runners for Upton

- Jays acquire Upton

- What's your thoughts about Jays acquiring Upton

[Bojangles]

To be fair that thread is pretty crappy:

 

-arguments about to versus too

-BTS engaging that weirdo who is serious about some no-name, low-level prospect being way too much to give up for Upton "off the scrap heap"

-that guy who continuously posts the "burn" gif of the black teens in the park

 

http://i.giphy.com/RzFvuuV4zBhF6.gif

[Krylian]

No aggressive posts please.

[RealAccountant]

Great call on the fan about how we don't need a guy who has been on 4 teams in 5 years

[RealAccountant]

Last year we had Pompey on the roster I mean who needs Pompey

[admin]

Dogg stfu, gonna see a longer ban next time.

[The Cats Ass]

Dogg stfu, gonna see a longer ban next time.

 

Please ban him. No one would miss him.

[gbill2004]

Please ban him. No one would miss him.

 

No one would miss you either.

[BTS]

No one would miss you either.

 

I would.

[Sammy225]

No one would miss you either.

 

I kinda like him

[Dr. Dinger]

Everybody likes tca.

[Spanky__99]

He's my Booze Hounds bro!!! WTF!

[Captain Adama]

Hey guys, old poster coming back. Just thought I'd share my thoughts on the Upton trade

 

I think it's a great deal. Upton was worth $12 mil last year and another $12 this year. At a 1.5 year deal for $5 mil that's probably one of the best contracts in baseball. Really shocking San Diego would do this trade.

 

The deal also provides insurance two both Saunders and Bautista leaving after next season, so we at least have part of our OF dealt with for now.

 

We gave up a guy who might (best case) be a 3rd starter in 6 years, so the value of that is limited.

 

Really liking this for us

 

Dunno, if the Jays got Myers, Margot and Ross for Rodriguez that would seem fine. After all San Diego is out of it. We're all friends here?

[GD]

I hear TCA's a great individual