PLAYERS:
Adam Eaton,
Chris Young,
Justin Upton,
Jason Kubel,
Gerardo Parra,
Adrian Gonzalez,
Josh Beckett
TEAMS: Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers
TEAMS: Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers
The early emergence of Adam Eaton gives the Diamondbacks five legitimate starting outfielders, and it does not take much imagination to envision the Diamondbacks trading from strength to fill a perceived need at shortstop in the offseason. None of that is lost on veterans Chris Young and Justin Upton, the most marketable and perhaps the most likely to go elsewhere. "I think it (trade) is a very good possibility. They have to make a decision. Obviously, you can't carry five outfielders," right fielder Upton told FOXSportsArizona.com. "Common sense would say that you won't enter spring training with five starting outfielders. I don't see that happening. "Whatever would happen, I have no idea. That's not really my place to even try to figure that part out. I have no idea how I fit into that equation." With Young out because of a quadriceps injury, Eaton has started in center field and hit leadoff the last eight games after being recalle...
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