Braves send Justin Upton to san diago

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Braves send Justin Upton to san diago

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Yahoo Sports' Jeff Passan reports that the Braves are "finishing up" a trade involving Justin Upton.
Fangraphs's Kiley McDaniel says Upton will be going to an AL West club "for a package headlined by young pitching." FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal has ruled out the Rangers and A's as possibile landing spots, while both Rosenthal and MLB.com's Mark Bowman say the Padres cannot be ruled out. The Mariners have also been connected to Upton. It sounds like the deal is likely to be completed at some point on Friday. Upton will be a free agent after the 2015 season.
Related: Athletics, Padres, Mariners, Rangers
Source: Jeff Passan on Twitter
Dec 19 - 8:48 AM
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Loking forward to see how the package compares to Miller and Jenkins.

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Jeff Passan @JeffPassan · 5m 5 minutes ago

Sources: Justin Upton going to San Diego. @Ken_Rosenthal had it first. Padres strike again. A.J. Preller is a madman.

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The Padres are NOT playing. They going for it

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As I see it, there are a few ways this could work.

1. The Padres are going to play either Wil Myers or Matt Kemp in center field. Myers came up as a CF in the minors, while Kemp has played mostly CF in the big leagues. If the Padres just really think defense is completely useless, this gets all three sluggers into the line-up and maximizes the team’s offense.

2. Either Kemp or Myers is going to go to first base, replacing Yonder Alonso, who doesn’t really fit into the mold of what the new Padres seem to value. Kemp would seem to be the better candidate, but Jeff Passan suggests that maybe Myers would be the guy heading to first base instead.

3. Wil Myers is getting traded again. As I speculated a few nights ago, there’s a fit between the Padres and Rangers for a Wil Myers-Jurickson Profar swap, assuming the two sides could agree on the other parts of the deal. The Rangers need a right fielder, the Padres need a shortstop, and both sides clearly have depth to trade from now.
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Profar is putting off surgery that would keep him out for the season. Which means that if he ends up requiring it some time this season you lose him for basically 2 seasons.

At least I believe that's what I read

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That's another RH bat. I don't think they're done. I can't imagine Kemp in center is a real possibility.

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Going the other way: lhp max fried, ss jace peterson, 3b dustin peterson, of mallex smith going to braves for justin upon and low-level player


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Maybe they're entering the Kozma sweepstakes.

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Deezam. Suck it, SF

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