Angels to Acquire Justin Upton

[stormngt]

36 minutes ago, JarsOfClay said:

He's not going to opt out, why would he?  How much more do u think he's going to get exactly?  

And 2021 is a long time, what are they going to do with Jones and Adell?  Trade them and watch them be all stars for another team at league minimum while the angels pay a washed up Upton 25M?

We will a DH after 2020. And his contract ends afyer 2021

How fast do you see Adell and Jones  progressing to all star level of play?

[Tank]

46 minutes ago, Catwhoshatinthehat said:

If the Angels don't win the WS and/or Upton turns out to be a rental I look forward to the day Long does anything in the majors and someone posts about how bad the trade was.

 

you'll only need to wait until Long pitches a 6-hit complete game on the same night Upton goes 0-4.

[Tank]

42 minutes ago, JarsOfClay said:

He's not going to opt out, why would he?  How much more do u think he's going to get exactly?  

And 2021 is a long time, what are they going to do with Jones and Adell?  Trade them and watch them be all stars for another team at league minimum while the angels pay a washed up Upton 25M?

you know, when your cup is half empty, it's okay to refill it.

[jonickell25]

I'll believe Long pitches a complete game when he pitches past 6 consistently in the minors.

[Mark68]

For the record, I love this deal. For the short term, it lengthens the lineup, especially with the year Simba is having, and it cost us little.

If he opts out, great, we only gave up Long. If he doesn't, he's still relatively young and productive and could be a long-term asset for whom we gave up relatively little.

[fanfromday1]

Anybody know what Justin Upton's batting splits are at Angel Stadium? Does he hit better on the road, or will he be a better hitter at Angel Stadium?

[UndertheHalo]

4 minutes ago, Tank said:

you know, when your cup is half empty, it's okay to refill it.

For real, Adell and friends are not close. 

[totdprods]

Eppler has very rarely made any move that really had any sort of downside/potential for disaster. Dude is very good at limiting risk and keeping the Angels in a position where worst-case scenario is break even or very minimal loss/risk.

[well_red]

[Mark68]

1 minute ago, fanfromday1 said:

Anybody know what Justin Upton's batting splits are at Angel Stadium? Does he hit better on the road, or will he be a better hitter at Angel Stadium?

LAA-Angel Stad 13 13 53 48 4 13 1 0 3 6 0 1 5 16 .271 .340 .479 .819 23 1 0 0 0 2 0 .345 98

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, Angelsjunky said:

THIS JUST IN: Not Justin, but BJ Upton to Angels, for Grayson Long, Jaime Barria, and Brandon Marsh

Nooooooo!

BJ sucks!....

[Tank]

i hope upton doesn't have any alignment issues at the plate.

i like this deal. gives us a more solid OF and a better lineup.

[Angelsjunky]

Upton can transition to DH at some point. Calhoun will likely be traded before he reaches free agency.

Anyhow, better to have too many options than too few. If Upton stays on, the OF, 1B and DH are all going to get crowded as Hermosillo and Thaiss eventually graduate to the majors later next year, and then Jones in 2019, Adell/Marsh in 2020, etc. On the other hand, it doesn't hurt Herm and Thaiss to have another year to fill out, and Jones likely won't be ready until some time in 2019. Not to mention that Pujols will eventually lose his starting job if he continues as is.

I really like Hermosillo, but the only prospects that have a solid chance of being better than Upton are Jones and Adell, and they're still years away. Not to mention that Hermosillo would make a terrific 4th outfielder/pinch runner, and eventually edge Kole out.

[Stradling]

38 minutes ago, floplag said:

Could he really though, OF is one spot this off season where there are a lot of options.  Its no given he gets a raise even with the year hes having, its certainly no guarantee even if it is reasonable.  One could argue he might not even be the top OF in the market with Martinez also doing what he is doing.  

Yes he absolutely can.  He is coming off of a great year where he would be the best outfielder available.  He wasn't the best outfielder available 2 years ago when it was him, Cespedes, Gordon and Heyward and he got a big deal with the 3rd year opt out.  So yea, he could easily get that kind of contract. 

[Lou]

42 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

As cool as getting Upton is, it makes the Hernandez trade that much more of a head-scratcher. We would probably have at least two more wins with Hernandez and so did Eppler assume his bullpen was good enough to trade one of his best RP and was not sure he would be going after Upton? Doesn't it make more sense to keep a good RP and add Upton?

3.86 era in AZ.

2 HRs in 9.1ip ( 0 in 36.1 with us.)

0.2 WAR 

[m0nkey]

45 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

That's what trumbo was told too

Lol

[ten ocho recon scout]

Id be happier if it was a stanton, or another long term guy. But agreed with mark68, its also not gonna hamstring our payroll, so thats good.

Pitching has to hold together, but this could be one of those moves that people say later was the difference maker.

Same time wonder what it does to chemistry, swapping maybin for upton..

[Angelsjunky]

5 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Nooooooo!

BJ sucks!....

BJs don't suck.

They are sucking.

[CanadianHalo]

Someone seems to be happy 

[RallyMo]

Thank you for your assistance.

[eligrba4ever]

We acquired Melvin's better brother and sent the slumping Maybin off to the Astros for cash. We gave up  a strong AA pitching prospect and a lower level minor leaguer to be named. We have Justin Upton for possibly four more seasons. With no more Hambone, Billy might actually deal with Upton in the offseason by giving him the raise he might have wanted with the opt-out. I guess this means we ain't getting Verlander, but who cares? Trout has some solid protection, possibly for years, and maybe Albert, too.

GOOD DEAL, BILLY!!!.

[The_Outrunner]

I'm insanely happy about this move. Doesn't handcuff and could really pay off! Let's hope everything fires in unison from now on in!

[Lou]

This MF better not come here and hit .165

[Mark68]

4 minutes ago, RallyMo said:

Thank you for your assistance.

	Split	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+
	LAA-Angel Stad	13	13	53	48	4	13	1	0	3	6	0	1	5	16	.271	.340	.479	.819	23	1	0	0	0	2	0	.345	98

 

Better?

[UndertheHalo]

I don't get how Long is a "strong" prospect.  He. Is. not.  We got a legit middle of the order bat, an all star that can run and man LF for a guy that's not even a top 200 prospect in baseball.  The Angels haven't had a bat like Upton in left field for long ass time.  I don't wanna hear about this Long guy.  Who gives a shit.

Edited August 31, 2017 by UndertheHalo