Braves Close to Acquiring Justin Upton

[Elite]

The Braves are close to acquiring Justin Upton from the Diamondbacks, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reports (Twitter links). The teams are still working through the final details of the deal, which will send Randall Delgado to Arizona.

[background=transparent]Love it for Atlanta. I've been saying for a couple years that the best thing for the Upton brothers is to play together. That's definitely the best OF in the league if it gets done. And they can move Prado to 3B.[/background]​

 

[Elite]

That happened quickly, apparently it's done now

The Braves and Diamondbacks have agreed to a trade that will send Justin Upton to Atlanta, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports (on Twitter). The deal is pending physicals for the players involved.

Randall Delgado would go to Arizona in the deal, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports, who first reported the teams were nearing an agreement. Delgado is not the biggest piece going to Arizona in the trade, but Julio Teheran is staying with the Braves, Rosenthal adds (on Twitter).

The Braves now have a new-look outfield that will also feature B.J. Upton and Jason Heyward. Justin's older brother signed with Atlanta as a free agent earlier in the offseason, agreeing to a five-year, $75.2MM contract. Both Upton brothers bat right-handed and would add balance to what had previously been a lefty-heavy lineup.

As a consequence of the trade, Martin Prado will presumably become the Braves' everyday third baseman. The deal would also take Atlanta out of the running for center fielder Michael Bourn and other free agent outfielders.

Meanwhile, the Diamondbacks still have considerable outfield depth. Cody Ross, Jason Kubel, Gerardo Parra and Adam Eaton provide Arizona manager Kirk Gibson with various options, even without Upton, who had been the team's primary right fielder since 2008.

Teams such as the Orioles that had interest in trading for Kubel will now have to look elsewhere for offense. Though Arizona GM Kevin Towers was willing to listen to offers on Upton and Kubel, there's no indication he'd actually trade both players.

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[bosoxlover12]

Shit


Justin-BJ-Heyward

That's a nice OF


Plus McCann, Freeman-Uggla-Andrelton-Prado.


Atlanta is looking real good

 

[Yankees2772]

Prado is part of the trade...

 

[RipCity32]

What a dirty outfield. Wow.

 

[elcheato]

Why not just keep Bauer and Upton instead of trading Bauer for an underwhelming SS prospect and then trading Upton for another prospect pitcher?

 

[Elite]

Why not just keep Bauer and Upton instead of trading Bauer for an underwhelming SS prospect and then trading Upton for another prospect pitcher?

They didn't like either player personally :iono:

Still really dumb

 

[Pugz]

quite the outfield. pretty sick to have the brothers on their team too.