Hey everyone, back from a hiatus. I've been reading this forum daily though. Like a sick religion!
Anyway, Upton has me intrigued. If he can pull a Reggie and figure out how not to strike out so much, I think he has massive potential and would be worth quite a bit to get. Some of the suggestions I'm seeing on this board seem too low. Of course, I'd be happy with dealing some of those suggestions, but it's Kevin Towers we're dealing with here. The dude's relentless and in a real good position, deal-wise.
I think it might come to something like this: Bard/Els/Casey/Doubront
My only concern with that echoes what Palodios said. It's gonna take some serious coin, perhaps 8M/yr to fill Bard's cost-controlled role.
Seems like a lot to give for the semi-unknown entity, Upton, but unfortunately, I think that's about all Towers will accept, unless we work a 3rd team into the mix, which seems like a strong possibility.
It'll be interesting to watch this play out.