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Tampa Bay Rays Willing to Talk About BJ Upton

Found December 05, 2011 on Rant Sports: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: BJ Upton,  Brandon Guyer
TEAMS: Tampa Bay Rays

Surprise Surprise, the Tampa Bay Rays are willing to discuss a trade surrounding the over hyped BJ Upton. BJ Upton hasn’t exactly been blemish free in Tampa as he’s been benched multiple times, and even though he’s got some of the best tools in baseball. As he’s getting older, he’s going to demand more money- something Tampa doesn’t have a ton of. This means BJ Upton is going to be shopped real hard this winter, and I would even be surprised if he walks into spring training as a member of the Tampa Bay Rays anyway. I Could see them going in a different direction and adding a ton of young talent, move Desmond Jennings to center and giving left to former Cub prospect Brandon Guyer. Either way, I can’t stand BJ Upton so I don’t really care where he ends up.
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