Justin Upton: Superstar

A little piece over at Fangraphs yesterday about our superstar in training, Justin Upton.

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I saw this. Great stuff. We don’t know how fortunate we are as DBack fans we can watch this kid, regardless of how the team’s going. It’s truly like watching a young Willie Mays.

Mark Davis
EIC
Surprising Comics

by sayheyupton on May 30, 2009 2:41 PM EDT reply actions

we have ZERO chance of keeping him here. Trade him now

his value will never be higher.

"He who controls the Spice, controls the universe! "

by unnamedDBacksfan on May 30, 2009 3:59 PM EDT reply actions

Surely

you’re joking! LOL LOL LOL

Mark Davis
EIC
Surprising Comics

by sayheyupton on May 30, 2009 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions

no, I wasn't.

I’m not going to invest the time or energy forming attachments to a player that will get outta town as fast as his contact allows.
doesn’t mean I hope he doesn’t do well while he’s here, but, meh……

"He who controls the Spice, controls the universe! "

by unnamedDBacksfan on May 30, 2009 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions

You won’t invest time or energy in a player who will be with the team for the next 5 years? That’s an eternity in modern baseball. Anyway, chances are that we will buy him out of all his arbitration years and extend him into at least a couple of his truely prime years.

Conversely, it would be foolish for the team to “lock him up” now, as a 21 year old. Granted, I feel they brought him up too fast to begin with, but the franchise knows what they have in him. Upton will be the face of this franchise for a goodly while. Go ahead and buy his booble head.

by Counsellmember on May 31, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions