Justin Upton on the block?

[javy knows my name]

For the people who would not consider trading Soto for Upton: Would you trade Soto for Mike Trout?

No. We have Chris Archer in two years

[Northside Blues]

I wouldn't trade Justin Upton for Mike Trout.

[sneakypower]

it'd be cool if cashner had stayed dominating AAA to build up top-20 prospect value and we could try combining him with wells, colvin

[KingCubsFan]

For the people who would not consider trading Soto for Upton: Would you trade Soto for Mike Trout?

No. We have Chris Archer in two years

What does Chris Archer have to do with Justin Upton and Mike Trout?

[javy knows my name]

For the people who would not consider trading Soto for Upton: Would you trade Soto for Mike Trout?

No. We have Chris Archer in two years

What does Chris Archer have to do with Justin Upton and Mike Trout?

Soto is more valuable than Mike Trout to us because we have really high-end pitching prospects that could match Trout's production in two years without having to give up anything. The upgrade from Soto to Upton is marginal, again, to us, and not worth downgrading a huge area of strength for our club.

 

What does Mike Trout have to do with Justin Upton?

[KingCubsFan]

For the people who would not consider trading Soto for Upton: Would you trade Soto for Mike Trout?

No. We have Chris Archer in two years

What does Chris Archer have to do with Justin Upton and Mike Trout?

Soto is more valuable than Mike Trout to us because we have really high-end pitching prospects that could match Trout's production in two years without having to give up anything. The upgrade from Soto to Upton is marginal, again, to us, and not worth downgrading a huge area of strength for our club.

 

What does Mike Trout have to do with Justin Upton?

Trout's an outfielder

[javy knows my name]

For the people who would not consider trading Soto for Upton: Would you trade Soto for Mike Trout?

No. We have Chris Archer in two years

What does Chris Archer have to do with Justin Upton and Mike Trout?

Soto is more valuable than Mike Trout to us because we have really high-end pitching prospects that could match Trout's production in two years without having to give up anything. The upgrade from Soto to Upton is marginal, again, to us, and not worth downgrading a huge area of strength for our club.

 

What does Mike Trout have to do with Justin Upton?

Trout's an outfielder

Oh [expletive] it. Who's the pitcher?

[SouthSideRyan]

[Trout's an outfielder

Oh [expletive] it. Who's the pitcher?

 

Steve Trout? The guy who retired 20 years ago? Yes, I too think I'd hold on to Soto

[javy knows my name]

[Trout's an outfielder

Oh [expletive] it. Who's the pitcher?

 

Steve Trout? The guy who retired 20 years ago? Yes, I too think I'd hold on to Soto

hahahaha [expletive] you

[javy knows my name]

Mike Leake is who I was thinking of. Turns out I didn't know a damned thing about Mike Trout.

[Outshined_One]

Mike Leake is who I was thinking of. Turns out I didn't know a damned thing about Mike Trout.

 

He's the best prospect in baseball. However, he seems more like a potential yearly solid All Star than a dynamic potential MVP candidate to me. There's something more tantalizing about Bryce Harper...

 

I dunno, I'm not sold on Trout as having superstar upside for some reason. I wouldn't trade Soto for him.

[Northside Blues]

Trout seems like a tweener. Or if he can stick in CF at a high level, the good Grady Sizemore. It's a thin line, but if he makes it, he's going to be great.

[TruffleShuffle]

if you trade soto for trout you're trading one of the most productive catchers in baseball for a guy who has played one year of minor league ball. granted, he played really well, but plenty of guys have gone belly-up after raking in A-ball. and if you trade a really good established player for what turns out to be nothing, well, that is the sort of thing that gets GMs fired.