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Frobby Hangout Grand Counsel

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Kubel is about to be pulled back off the market

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal

Sources: #Braves close to acquiring Justin Upton from #Diamondbacks. Still working through final details.

Wow, two Uptons in the same OF? I'm interested to hear the other details.

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hendu Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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Source: Braves get Justin Upton and Chris Johnson from D-backs for Prado, Delgado, Ahmed and Spruill.

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Not sure how that package comes anywhere close to approaching something that includes Bundy.

Prado is a nice player.

Delgado is a nice prospect that pitched as well as could be expected in the majors last year. He's no Teheran IMO.

I guess that they really did want another SS prospect with Ahmed, even though they just obtained Gregorius. The talk from Stotle was that if the Dbacks had obtained Franklin from Seattle, they could move him to 2B, 3B or OF. Ahmed's stats don't look to translate anywhere but SS.

Spruill seems to be a nice pitching prospect as well, but the DBacks didn't get that top propsect that I would have thought they could have obtained. I think that this package is worse for their future than the failed Seattle deal.

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Lester Freamon Major Leaguer

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:D

Here is some wild speculation to get the O's involved in this thread.

I don't believe the O's ties to Kubel were ever serious. He just doesn't make any sense for the O's. However, Martin Prado was, supposedly, coveted by the O's last year as his name was brought up as part of a potential Jones package last offseason. Again, don't really know how serious at all those talks with the Braves ever were.

Anyway, could all the Kubel/Porcello talk that resurfaced yesterday actually have something to do with the O's trying to obtain Prado and then moving Hardy for Porcello?

Wild speculation. I personally take the O's at their word when they say they will not trade JJ Hardy.

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Can_of_corn Hangout Grand Counsel

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Was a 5 for 2 not 4 for 2.

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal

Source: Trade is 5-for-2. Class A 1B Brandon Drury also going from #Braves to #Diamondbacks. D-Backs excited about getting Prado to play 3B.

I didn't think they would end up with getting an offer that was equivalent to the one the Mariners offered.

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I know Delgado is highly rated, what about Ahmed and Spruill? Anybody have some info on those guys?

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/delgara01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=ahmed-000nic&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=spruil001eze&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com

Looks like a steep step down from the SEA trade. Delgado had a lot of shine come off of him this year in ATL. He looks like he had some control problems. Ahmed might be a decent SS, but doesn't look that great with the bat. Spruill, in his second season at AA, didn't exactly dominate. He doesn't have a high K rate.

Prado is a nice piece, but I don't know how he fits in with AZ's plans. Maybe they move him later.

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13) Brandon Drury, 3B, Grade B-: Braves propaganda is pushing this guy hard and I'm sure this ranking will also be controversial, but six walks in 265 at-bats is just unacceptably low for me. Mitigating factors include youth, sound swing, and low strikeout rate, but I want more data before buying into the hype.

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