Braves donate Justin Upton to Padres for prospects

thethe said:
Trading two players with 1 year left on your deal doesn't equate to gutting your team especially when you have strong indications that they weren't going to resign (Heyward). What I find facinating is that when Beane makes moves like this he is lauded for his brilliance. It just seems a large portion of the fanbase dislikes Hart and JS. Thats fine and all I just don't think people are being consistent.
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Beane gets legit talent in return.
 
gilesfan said:
Getting a first round draft pick is possibly better than this package.
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I don't love the package but that's ridiculous. Sucks Fried is out a while with Tommy John but he was the 7th overall pick and has done nothing to disappoint except get hurt. We wouldn't get a pitcher like him with just a draft pick. Other pieces need to work out though. Mallex Smith is very interesting....love how much he gets on base for a big speed guy.
 
emk418 said:
I don't love the package but that's ridiculous. Sucks Fried is out a while with Tommy John but he was the 7th overall pick and has done nothing to disappoint except get hurt. We wouldn't get a pitcher like him with just a draft pick. Other pieces need to work out though. Mallex Smith is very interesting....love how much he gets on base for a big speed guy.
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Fried has been pretty bad since being drafted
 
thethe said:
Fried is a legit TOR arm. He has to come back from injury obviously but lets not act like he is a scrub here. The other players are also intersting according to some guys (JJ Cooper).
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An arm that won't pitch in 2015. He has a higher chance to be constantly injured then a productive MLB pitcher.
 
LHP Max Fried: 1st round pick from 2012 (7th overall)
INF Jace Peterson: 1st round pick from 2011 (58th overall)
3B Dustin Peterson: 2nd round pick from 2013
OF Maxell Smith: 5th round pick from 2012 (also drafted in the 13th round in 2011)

I don't like losing Upton, but I trust the front office's sense that they weren't going to be able to re-sign him. This does not look like a bad haul to me, especially since I really doubt the Padres will get more than one year (and a draft pick) out of Upton.
 
emk418 said:
I don't love the package but that's ridiculous. Sucks Fried is out a while with Tommy John but he was the 7th overall pick and has done nothing to disappoint except get hurt. We wouldn't get a pitcher like him with just a draft pick. Other pieces need to work out though. Mallex Smith is very interesting....love how much he gets on base for a big speed guy.
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Friend was borderline top 50 before tearing his arm up. Guys with Tommy John have to be less though of when coming off injury. (see draft status of guys with arm troubles)
 
thewupk said:
If you can't score you can't win. The Braves will be last in runs scored this year.
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This has to be a safe bet right?

Oh well, depressing return, but it's better than a draft pick. Of course you could possibly get a better player than Max Fried in the draft, but you are more likely to not.

Overall though it's not as good as I hoped when I had my heart set on Taijuan, Paxton, etc. But that was obviously never a reality.

Rebuilding sucks.
 
thethe said:
Fried is a legit TOR arm. He has to come back from injury obviously but lets not act like he is a scrub here. The other players are also intersting according to some guys (JJ Cooper).
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There are plenty of TOR arms toying around in the minor leagues; several of them not recovering from Tommy John.
 
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