This winter, there has been a lot of talk about Justin Upton of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Upton has been linked to a whole litany of teams including the Rangers, Braves, and Mariners. He’s also only 25 and still has the potential to be an absolute superstar. Until last summer, no one would have thought Upton was available, in fact, many thought of the young slugger as untouchable on the trade market. That got me thinking, clearly, Upton wasn’t untouchable but who is? There are clearly elite level players whom it would take the entire farm system to pry from their current organizations but who are the top 10 guys whose teams wouldn’t trade them under any circumstances, for anybody? Let’s take a look: (One caveat here, I’m going to try my best to disregard contract status as much as possible and focus on on field performance and value to his team, thus, guys like Alex Rodriguez who are untouchable only because no one wants to pay them won’t be on the list)
Buster Posey, Catcher, San F
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December 11, 2012
