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Justin Upton's Greatness

Justin Upton's first hit in '09 came in the Diamondback's 8th game.  When he stepped to the plate in the 10th inning on April 14th he was 0 for 15.  Since that time he's hitting .381 and is on a run only rivaled by the currently inhuman Joe Mauer.

I was lucky enough to pick him up on May 1st in a shallow league.  At the time he was hitting .250 with 2 HR and 8 RBI.  Since then he's hitting a cool .393 with 25 runs, 7 HR, 21 RBI, and 5 steals. 

Let's take a look at Justin Upton's greatness with a Did You Know segment:

Did you know that Justin Upton . . . .

- has a 1.000+ OPS against 7 of his 11 opponents in '09?

- is 21 yrs old and has a career .836 OPS?  He's still the 3rd youngest player in the NL.

- has a career 1.098 OPS in the playoffs?  Oh yeah, he was 19 in the 2007 playoffs.

- is hitting .395/.457/.778 from the third spot in the order?  Guess where he's staying?

- has a OPS+ of 161 in '09?

- is Yahoo's 6th ranked fantasy player in May?

- is Yahoo's 9th ranked OF?

- leads the NL in triples with 4?

- is 2nd in the NL in XBH with 25?

- hit this frozen rope?  You have to love the home run call

- hit this moon shotWally Moon would be proud.

- 's homerun's average 421 feet?  That's 24 feet longer on average than the rest of the NL.

In March, I asked Chris Liss of Rotowire (known lover of Upton) who would be taken in the 10th round or later in 2009 drafts but would end up a being top 40 pick in the 2010 draft.  His answer was Justin Upton.

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What round does Justin Upton go in the 2010 draft?
1st-2nd
42 votes
3rd-4th
42 votes
5th-6th
17 votes
7th or later
2 votes

103 votes | Poll has closed

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Who will end up being better Justin Upton or Adam Jones?

"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans

by msufan23 on May 29, 2009 3:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Great question

Jones’ defense makes it closer than we might think. I’d still be willing to bet that 2/3 of the GM’s would rather have Upton. For what it’s worth, Upton turns 22 in August and Jones turns 24. Both have a lot to drool over.

When I interviewed Jonah Keri back in March (http://bit.ly/UvK8u) he said Upton’s ceiling comp is Roberto Clemente or Strawberry in his peak years. Not bad company.

by RJK on May 29, 2009 3:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

On April 30th, 2009 I posted this comment...

“I’d put money on it:. Justin Upton is about to go nuts. Add him immediately.”

http://www.rotoauthority.com/2009/04/popular-adds-1.html#comments

by finite24 on May 30, 2009 12:35 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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