Justin Upton is being shopped right now, and for us fantasy players this can be a nice boost to a guy who should be kept in pretty much all formats and someone that you should not let sneak past round 4.
According to Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald, the Red Sox are a suitor for the Arizona slugger. While this baffles me from a real baseball standpoint, it would be very interesting to see Upton with the Red Sox from a fantasy standpoint. Quite frankly, that’s all that matters, right?
Upton has shown flashes of super-stardom in Arizona. He has also shown his human side every other full year.
Take a look at Upton’s numbers over the last four seasons:
GP
AB
Hits
Runs
HR
RBI
BB
K
SB
AVG
2009
138
526
158
84
26
86
55
137
20
0.300
2010
133
495
135
73
17
69
64
152
18
0.273
2011
159
592
171
105
31
88
59
126
21
0.289
2012
150
554
155
107
17
67
63
121
18
0....
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Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks:
PLAYERS:
Justin Upton,
David Ortiz,
Carl Crawford,
Bobby Valentine,
Jacoby Ellsbury,
Miguel Montero,
Paul Goldschmidt,
Jason Kubel,
Cliff Pennington,
Daniel Nava,
Ryan Sweeney,
Dustin Pedroia,
Will Middlebrooks,
Jarrod Saltalamacchia,
Jerry Sands,
Jose Iglesias
TEAMS: Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers
TEAMS: Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers
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