Category: Justin Upton
Thursday, April 11th, 2013
Last year the Atlanta Braves finished with 94 wins. Most years that would have been plenty to win the NL East. Not last year. The Washington Nationals announced their arrival with a 98-win season and they're not going away.
Neither are the Braves, though. Atlanta made a blockbuster trade for Justin ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2013
The Arizona Diamondbacks will have a completely different look to their roster in 2013. That's not a good thing. Sure, they had a disappointing 2012 campaign, finishing third in the NL West, but it's hard to imagine them doing better than that after what they did to their roster this ...
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Friday, February 15th, 2013
Brian McCann appeared to be the next great catcher in baseball, driving in nearly 100 runs and hitting in the vicinity of .300 from 2006 to 2009 in Atlanta. With multiple things bothering him, the last few years haven't been quite as productive. Now McCann is entering the final year ...
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
Justin Upton was hardly a model of consistency in Arizona. He hit 26 home runs in 2009, followed by years with 17, 31 and 17 again, with RBI numbers fluctuating accordingly. After a monster offseason trade, Upton landed alongside brother B.J. in Atlanta, where he says he'll strive for more ...
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
The Atlanta Braves made one of the biggest headlines of the offseason late last week when they got Justin Upton from the Arizona Diamondbacks in a seven-player trade. The deal means Justin will be playing with brother B.J. in Atlanta this season, giving the Braves a prolific outfield that manager ...
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