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During draft season there’s always a few players that compete for the #1 overall selection. However, once in a while, there’s 1 player who stands out from the rest. As a 17 year old, Justin Upton was being compared to players like Ken Griffey Jr. and Alex Rodriguez. He was considered MLB’s next superstar, so how did his career turn out?
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Also kinda crazy that the trade to the Padres got the Braves Max Fried
A hall of very good player in book
If not for his sharp decline and injuries in his early 30's Justin would have had a very good chance at breaking Reggie Jackson's all time strikeouts record. He is only around 600 strikeouts behind Reggie at the moment.
Nah, forget Justin. I remember when BJ Upton and Delmon Young and all those earlly 2000s Rays draft picks who were going to lead them to a world series. Justin didn't come around until the OG major letdowns already let us down.
Justin played in my high school until his sophomore year… fun fact… he was qb for the football team… during practice he got pissed and said he didn't need his shitty o line… next snap the entire O Lind stands up and let him get demolished… n broke his arm for being a douche
GOAT 🐐 come back home to Arizona
325 career HRs is pretty darn good. Pretty sure any team would take that from a #1 prospect
He’s a millionaire baseball player and I’m not, therefor y’all can judge, I’m chillin
His time as an Angel might not have been the best but he’s still my favorite player I loved him
still a good player
I can't believe the tigers signed him to that contract… either i dont know enough about baseball or that's way overpaid
Fun fact, Justin Upton refused a trade through a limited clause in contract to Seattle in 2013.
As a Seattle fan, I remember circa 2010-11 that Seattle was preparing a package to land Upton.
I hated the rumor because I knew Safeco would hurt his power and at best, I thought he would regress in the American League to only slightly better than BJ.
I got his autograph once talked to him because he got hit by a pitch and his finger was bruised but he told me it's not broken good guy tbh
Upton here, Upton there….
Wtf he had a good career
Justin had a good career
I went to that game where both Uptons hit the tying homer, then walkoff homer in b2b ABs. That was special.
As a Tigers fan, I have mixed feelings about Justin. When he was hot, he could carry the lineup for weeks. But when he went cold…Holy Mary Mother of God
What I find odd is both Upton brothers had a similar seesaw careers. Both were really good or really bad. Justin's upside was higher than his brother because of his speed. I hate to see players go out like this. You always like to see one redemption season.
Bossman Jr Upton was a bum
Soto was brought up in sheer desperation. The Nats literally ran out of warm bodies to put in the outfield. It was only supposed to be brief. Well, everyone knew how that turned out
Justin Upton had a decent career but man it could have been so much better
Another terrible angels contract imagine that😭😭😭
Justin Upton always has been great. Just had a lot of bad luck 😭 solid player
his weight gain ruined him
Conditioning has always been an issue with Justin
Most players don't start gaining weight ( getting fat) until their mid 30s. Justin gained alot of weight in his mid 20s and that weight didn't help his game
Higher career OPS+ than Derek Jeter
I’d rather the Yankees give Upton a chance over Aaron Hicks in LF
I actually thought B.J. had more upside because the Ray's were on the rise!
I was about to subscribe to support then you said compared to Ken Griffey Jr., quoting one crack head scout… I'll still give you the benefit of doubt bc I love your content…
Was he not a superstar?
I remember when Chase field called the right field bleachers “Uptown” 😂 those were the days
Adam Jones next
As a Diamondbacks fan I was so pumped when we drafted him. He got off to such a promising start and he was a good player, wasn't the superstar we thought he was going to be but good so of course we traded him because there was a period where we just traded away a ton of talent to get guys who had "grit." Talk radio, Diamondbacks management, it was all about grit and forgot you still need talent to win. The list of good to great pitchers we traded and other position players we got rid of, it was frustrating. Upton could have been a decent player on some good teams if the Diamondbacks management understood how to build a team. He didn't live up to the hype, wasn't a good defender, but considering the history of #1 picks in MLB, had a good career.
and jason heyward
If you grew up in the 757 area of VA everyone talks about this era of baseball when you had
BJ
Justin
David Wright
Ryan Zimmerman
And Micheal Cudeyer
All on the same team.
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But the good news is that his sister, Kate Upton, became modeling's next superstar.
Can you do a video on Donavan Tate? He was a promising can’t miss MLB prospect but became a huge bust.
The Upton brothers were great in Atlanta, especially that game 8:35, I was in Centennial Olympic Park and I could hear Turner Field from there.
The trades of them also gave us Max Fried and Austin Riley. We doing alright.
I always loved Justin and BJ
As a Rays fan and fan of BJ Upton solely for how good he was in 2k9, I support the Uptons for life.
I’m sorry while watching this video all I can think of is Foolish Baseball talking about stats. Only player in history to
hit 300 home runs steal 150 bases while driving a black tesla.
Gotta quit it with these cherry picked stats bro 😭
He is like the re-incarnation of Ken Griffey jr., someone needs to sign him already.