Here we go again.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/0...tin-upton.html
I'd back up the truck.
Drew Stubbs + any three guys in the system they want, ex-Billy Hamilton.
Or Chapman straight up.
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Here we go again.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/0...tin-upton.html
I'd back up the truck.
Drew Stubbs + any three guys in the system they want, ex-Billy Hamilton.
Or Chapman straight up.
I saw on the MLB board guys talking crazy stuff. Stubbs, Cingrani, Hamilton, Lotzkar, Corcino and Frazier. No thanks. If that's the haul he can stay a Diamondback or let a rival gut their system. Upton's good but baseball takes a whole team - as we're seeing this year with the game's best hitter and a couple of it's best starters and still scuffling.
.831 lifetime OPS and it's not trading upwards my any means.
Sell the farm if you want, but selling everyone for someone who's expensive and not that great makes no sense.
Fair to say he's had his struggles this year, but the guy is only 24 years old, so I'm not sure it's fair to say he's trending down.
That being said, it's probably not worth gutting our system just to get a guy to put in between Votto and Bruce. Although the thought of it is nice.
My man-crush on Billy Hamilton would prevent me from going there, but a non-Hamilton trade for Upton would make me feel all giddy inside.
Stubbs, Hamilton, Corcino and Hoover. I'm in.
Huge improvement to the big league team.
It would be like acquiring another Jay Bruce, with possibly even more upside. I haven't once heard you suggest we trade Bruce, so I would imagine you would be fine giving this guy a whirl. He was worth 6.6 WAR as a 23 year old. If you aren't willing to give up prospects for him, I'm not sure if there is much sense in anything else.
I wouldn't think twice about including Hamilton in a deal for Upton.
Billy Hamilton as a SS? I'm keeping him.
Billy Hamilton as a CF? I'm including him in a trade for Upton.