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    Justin Upton traded to Seatlle, but Upton says no way.

    SEATTLE - The Mariners search for an impact bat led them to Arizona Diamondbacks right fielder Justin Upton this week, but the two-time All-Star rejected a trade proposal by Seattle, a baseball source told MLB.com on Thursday.

    Upton, 25, has four clubs on a no-trade clause in his contract and one of those teams is the Mariners. He apparently declined to waive that clause after the two teams reached an agreement.

    Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik declined to comment on the report.

    "It's been our policy all along to not comment on trade rumors," Zduriencik said.

    The Mariners were willing to part with several top prospects in exchange for Upton, a source told MLB.com. Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports first broke the story, but the identities of the players offered were not known.

    Seattle has some of the top pitching prospects in baseball, led by left-handers Danny Hultzen and James Paxton and 20-year-old right-hander Taijuan Walker, and Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik has been looking to add offense to a team that is building around a young core of position players.

    The Mariners acquired first baseman/designated hitter Kendrys Morales from the Angels in exchange for pitcher Jason Vargas this winter, but they clearly are still looking for more.

    "We're always looking to improve our club, whether offensively or on the mound," Zduriencik said. "We've had a lot of discussions and dialogue and we'll continue to do that. We'll go into Spring Training still looking to make improvements if we have to. We haven't put the brakes on anything."

    Upton has three years and $38.5 million remaining on his contract and has been the topic of considerable trade speculation over the past year and a half. The D-backs have a surplus of outfielders, as general manager Kevin Towers acquired free agent Cody Ross last month to go along with Upton, Gerardo Parra, Jason Kubel and rookie Adam Eaton.

    Upton is coming off a subpar 2012 season when he hit .280 with 17 home runs and 67 RBIs, but he hit .289 with 31 homers and 88 RBIs in 2011 when he finished fourth in the NL MVP voting.

    The 6-foot-2, 205-pound Virginia native was the first overall Draft pick in 2005 and broke into the Majors two years later at 19. He's posted a .278/.357/.475 line in his career. Over the past four seasons, from age 21-25, he's averaged 23 home runs, 78 RBIs and 19 stolen bases with a .286 batting average.

    FOX Sports said the Rangers and Braves have also been pursuing Upton and indicated he preferred going to one of those clubs. His brother, B.J. Upton, signed a five-year, $77.25 million contract with the Braves this offseason.

    http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...s_mlb&c_id=mlb

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    Braves signed BJ upton at 77 million

    Justin needs to leave Arizona that's for sure, what a dick refusing seattle he's top gun out there

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    Upton is a mental midget. Need him out of AZ ASAP while he still has value. Guy has been challenged by teammates, coaches, management and each time he fails and slumps. He will mot succeed in AZ. Especially after they try and trade him to a team on his no trade clause list.

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    Well considering the ballpark he might actually have thought this out ahead of time. To bad for Dbacks

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    What an arrogant doosh

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    Dont blame him.

    I dont think any of you guys would want to be a batter in safeco

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    They will have to move him now, or we will hear the "disrespected" talk.

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    smart move to turn it down.

    seattle is a hard park to hit in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ebbearsfb1 View Post
    Dont blame him.

    I dont think any of you guys would want to be a batter in safeco
    It’s Official – Safeco Fences Moving In for 2013
    marc w · October 2, 2012 at 1:40 pm · Filed Under Mariners

    Today the M’s officially announced that they’ll be moving Safeco Field’s fences in for next season. Greg Johns has a story with a graphic highlighting the changes here. As you’d expect, the big change will occur in the left field power alley. While most of the fence in RF and the LF corner will come in by just 4 feet, the fence in left center will move in from about 12 to 17 feet. In addition, the hand-operated scoreboard that forms part of the wall in the LF corner will be moved, giving the wall a uniform height of 8′ – the scoreboard made the wall 16′.

    The M’s apparently tired of playing in an extreme environment, and while I’ve generally been supportive of the current/’old’ dimensions, this year has offered a powerful argument for change. The park factors for RHB at Statcorner are amazing. For righties, Safeco is playing like a perfectly inverted Coors Field, circa 1998. That’s not good, and it was starting to impact the M’s ability to build a competitive team. Beatwriter emeritus Ryan Divish said this on twitter: “It’s a well known fact that right-handed hitters didn’t want to come Seattle. Word of mouth from former players (Beltre) spread quickly.” If true, and I can’t believe it isn’t given that Beltre is alive and can speak, that’s the sort of thing that swing the argument. Yeah, yeah, Jason Vargas probably isn’t too happy right now, but I understand the move, and I certainly can’t argue against it.

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    moving the fence in 4ft in right and Left field??? why even bother?

    vargas is an Angel now

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    Would have been a bad trade for Seattle anyway. Giving up way too much for him

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    dwight howard baby syndrome..."im too good to go THERE'

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    He had a bad year. But the year before he was great. If Arizona wants to get rid of him it's because of attitude. IMO.

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