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Originally Posted by KevB
They'd have to be pretty confident in getting Greinke I'd think. If Texas gets Upton at 3/$39 left on his deal, that frees up money that may be aligned to Hamilton that could then be spent on Greinke. So if you're Texas, would you rather have Greinke/Upton or Holland/Hamilton/Olt?
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Oh, the deal makes sense from the Rangers perspective, to be sure. You just don't often see teams moving a young guy they just extended for that long.
Perhaps Harrison wasn't enough to get it done.
Like I said, the real confusion here comes from Arizona's willingness to part with Upton for such a paltry return. I can only assume they're biting on the Cabrera hype and going by his web gem clips instead of his actual ability. Cabrera is an average fielder at best that will likely be playing 2b in 2 years.
Look at Cabrera's scouting reports and trends, especially defensively, and compare them to the scouting reports and trends for Yuniesky Betancourt at the same time and you'll see some very startling similarities.
Cabrera's a slightly better version of Yuni and as he gets older and heavier (it already started last year), his rapidly diminishing range is just going to bottom out altogether. The guy's just not very good.