Justin Upton joins brother B.J. in Atlanta

[Alvarez]

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Usually when two brothers are in the MLB, one of them is clearly better than the other. In the case of the Uptons, however... Christ, Atlanta has the best outfield in the NL right now. After Juston nixed the trade to Seattle, I didn't figure he'd be willing to go anywhere. Do you think Atlanta paid too high a price?

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Martin Prado is the big piece in the deal, but you have to remember that he's a free agent at the end of this season. They also gave up prospects. Randy Delgado, Zeke Spruill, Nick Ahmed, and Brandon Drury are the prospects heading to the D-backs. The thing about prospects are that you never know what you're gonna get. GMs build the hype on prospects so that they can trade them at higher value when they need to, but in reality no one actually knows what kind of ball player they are gonna be until they make it to the big show. I think the Braves won this deal.

The Braves outfield sounds like a lawfirm. Upton, Upton and Heyward.

[Alvarez]

Martin Prado is the big piece in the deal, but you have to remember that he's a free agent at the end of this season.

I think the Braves won this deal.

The Braves outfield sounds like a lawfirm. Upton, Upton and Heyward.

LOL you're right. Prado has been a target of Arizona's for a while now, they're looking to lock him up before he hits FA. Considering how the FA markets have moved along over the last couple years, it might serve him better to go ahead and re-sign.

The one thing about Atlanta's prospects is that they seem to ALWAYS be high-risk, high-reward. Only in Rafael Furcal did you ever know EXACTLY what you were gonna get. The way they draft pitching, its hit or miss for sure. Still, I put more stock in Atlanta's farm than Arizona's at this point.

A forgotten piece in this deal: Chris Johnson. He's the piece that allowed the Braves to split with Prado, since Chipper Jones is no longer anchoring the hot corner. I'm not sure what his production will look like outside of Houston / Arizona, but I find it hard to believe that he's worth more than Martin Prado, especially at Turner Field.

All that being said, if the D'Backs got trade-raped, I should be happy as a Dodgers fan.